Cocoa is a fabulous RagDoll cat who lives at home in Virginia and sometimes on the road with Charles Messer and his wife as they migrate to and fro from western Virginia to Orlando, Florida each year following the warm weather. Cocoa is bigger than Minna, my Shih Tzu,...
Well, I'm a runnin' down the Road In Ickesburg, Pennsylvania…
(To the Eagles: Take It Easy) Well, I'm a runnin' down the Road In Ickesburg, Pennsylvania... And such a fine sight to see It's a Model A Ford—OH MY LORD! A sparklin' '31 two-door Ford with a .030 bored 327 Chebby engine— wrapped in red, bright as can be! Norman...
Follow Your Dream… with the Courage of Youth.
My new friends, Holly and Chris, a young couple traveling in Florida during a college break attempting to avoid the northern cold spells, happened in, late at night, to the campsite beside me at Huguenot Memorial County Park in Jacksonville last week. My little dog,...
The Kindness of Strangers
Most people you meet are really helpful and kind, or want to be, especially people that enjoy camping. Some will go to great lengths to help you if they believe in what you are doing or if they see the tragedy or danger of your plight. Generosity can be easy for some...
INVASION of the Big BUGS
Edisto Beach Campground is a quiet little place 57 or so miles south of Charleston, SC. The community of Edisto Beach is comprised of locals, full-timers, part-timers and vacationers and residents. A friendly place with lots of history including plantations, slave...
What is the Difference Between a Palm Tree and a Palmetto Tree?
I was thinking about Southern trees again today, I realized I really don't know the difference between a palmetto tree and a palm tree. So I Googled it—Only one answer was definitive: "The palmetto tree has an "etto" at the end and the palm doesn't." With enthusiasm I...
Visiting Charleston’s famous 300 to 400 year old: ANGEL OAK TREE.
By William Francis Ahearn Many cities across the world have startlingly beautiful individual trees. Charleston's Angel Oak Tree on Johns Island is easily among the trees at top of that list: The Angel Oak, is a wondrous Southern live oak (quercus virginiana),...
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
South Dakota—Carved into the Black Hills of South Dakota are the iconic faces of four former presidents of the United States--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. These men were chosen to represent the first 150 years of...
SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS—SOME DAYS ARE STONES
On Wednesday afternoon, my dog Minna and I, took a brisk walk on Edisto (e-DIS-toe) beach. Off to the west high faint, wispy, fast-moving clouds were a unique sight because nothing really moves very fast in South Carolina. “Ceptin’ mebbe a white-tailed deer, or...