We’ve spent the past three days in Florida, and it’s been awesome to be back in warm, sunny weather! We drove from Savannah, Georgia to St. Augustine, Florida in about four hours and pulled into our campsite near dusk. The difference in scenery was pretty dramatic. The darker greens of forest shifted to the light, [Read More]
Archives for November 2019
Savannah, Georgia
Well, I’m officially in the Deep South, and it’s a place of great contradiction to me. In the northeast, people seemed very uninterested in each other; everyone was occupied with themselves for the most part. I found myself regularly missing the friendliness of Nova Scotia! In DC, it was particularly striking because people were often [Read More]
Washington D.C.
It has been a jam-packed week! There is so much to see and do in DC. On Sunday, we left our campsite in Williamsburg, Virginia and drove to Historic St. John’s church in Richmond. There, we sat in the second row of the Liberty or Death reenactment. It was a very moving performance and we [Read More]
Colonial Williamsburg
We’ve had an active two days experiencing history in the “historic triangle” around Colonial Williamsburg. I would honestly recommend that families spend a full three to four days here. We really only had one full day, so our activities were quite limited, but we could have spent much longer! On Friday, we made our way [Read More]
Exploring History in Philadelphia
We’ve spent the past two days enjoying time with my East Coast family and experiencing the history of our nation! On Tuesday, we left Stamford around noon to head towards the home of my aunt and uncle, who live near Philly. We’re continuing our stays in the homes of family and friends, which has been [Read More]