Charleston Stories


Will we ever be ready to leave?

Today is our last day before we start driving west and yet we have a lot of errands and packing to do. We pick up our business cards and signs, check our mailbox one last time, plus buy a few last minute odds & ends. Then it's back home to finish loading the van. We are driving our brown Ford E350 stretch van. We have two bright yellow m...


Walking West 08 is now Driving West 09

Last year we walked out our back door on March 23rd, touched the Atlantic Ocean on March 25th, and reached the Pacific Ocean on November 18th. It was a journey of continuous footsteps across the country for a total of 3364 miles, from Isle of Palms, Charleston, SC to Cliff House, San Francisco, CA. We kept a daily trail journal about our walk...


Driving is easier than walking!

Walking across the country from ocean to ocean was one of those things we planned to do "someday". We had talked about it a lot and done some preliminary planning but didn't know when we would have sufficient enough time to accomplish walking all of the way across the country. However, Liz was laid off in January 2008 and our daughter was married in M...


A New Backyard

Charleston in November is not Charleston in August. This is a fact I am aware of, but today we have sworn to live here forever despite what heat may come. Is the city a perfect match for us or a shiny new toy? We'll have to wait and see but for now we're high fiving our choice. Walking out of the apartment leads us down any number of charming streets...