Ed and Debbie Braun are volunteering at Fort Frederica National Monument this year for the first time. In fact, this is the first time they are volunteering at a National Park site. Ed and Debbie are from Edmonton, Canada, so they have enjoyed avoiding the snow and cold in Edmonton. Like the rest of us, …
School Groups at Fort Frederica
One of the fun things that Tom and I get to do at Fort Frederica National Monument is help with school groups. Ellen Provenzano is currently in charge of school groups. Ellen wears a lot of hats in the park. She is the bookstore manager, the archaeology specialist, and the education coordinator. She only gets …
Hanging Out on St. Simons Island
This was our 8th season at Fort Frederica. Our 8th season of hanging out on St. Simons Island. Our 8th year of doing things in the area on our days off. What did we see that was new and different? Hardly anything at all. Because of the three weeks we were back in Ohio, we …
Palmetto Hut Rebuild
When Tom and I first got to Fort Frederica National Monument, back in 2017, Tom and another volunteer built a palmetto hut. Tom had done a lot of research and gotten permission to build the replica hut outside the grounds of the historic area. He and Randy Benefield spent several weeks collecting the materials and …
Volunteer Village Shenanigans
One of our favorite parts of being at Fort Frederica National Monument is living in Volunteer Village. There are five RV pads in the compound, which means that there can be as many as ten volunteers living and working together. It is our Georgia community and we all enjoy each other very much. Although Tom …
Beaufort, South Carolina
Beaufort, South Carolina, is a beautiful small city in the middle of the South Carolina Sea Islands. It is a small city and the county seat of Beaufort County. The city is the second-oldest in South Carolina, behind Charleston. Although the city was chartered in 1711, it was home to indigenous people for centuries before …
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Tom and I stopped at Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on our way back to Georgia for our second go-round at Fort Frederica National Monument this year. Reconstruction Era is located in Beaufort, South Carolina. I got all the stamps for South Carolina parks when we worked at Kings Mountain National Battlefield in 2016. But …
17 Arrows Craft Kitchen and Bar
Recently, John suggested meeting for supper at 17 Arrows Craft Kitchen and Bar. We all love to try new restaurants, so Tom and I agreed to meet John and Jackie there. John made reservations, as suggested on the webpage. Tom and I looked at the menu online and there seemed to be some interesting and …
Winter Wonderland in Ohio
Tom and I returned to Ohio’s winter wonderland for three weeks in February. We had to vacate our RV spot at Fort Frederica, which I explained in a previous post. During the time we had to be gone, we came back to Ohio to spend some time with Mom and Dad. The day we arrived …
Lint Trap Trappings
I am very faithful about cleaning out the lint trap on dryers. We often do laundry at the places we are working in National Parks, and laundry etiquette requires cleaning the lint trap after every use. When I am home I do the same thing. There are several reasons to clean the lint trap after …