Tom and I are in our third week at Fort Frederica National Monument.  We are starting to develop a routine and getting to know the people here.  One of the things that is different here is that we are helping the maintenance crew as well as the interpretive staff. Although we helped clean Scotty’s Castle …

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Last week Tom and I took a day to explore the island around us.  One of the must-see places on the island is the St Simons Lighthouse run by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, the St Simons Lighthouse was originally built by James Gould in 1810.  The United States …

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Although St. Simons Island is rich in history, many people who come to St. Simons do so to find out more about a beloved author, Eugenia Price.  Consequently, Tom and I need to know about Eugenia Price in order to answer questions visitors ask at Fort Frederica.  Her inspirational novels started a completely new genre …

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On our day off this week, Tom and I drove about 30 miles north to Darien, Georgia to visit Fort King George.  We had been hearing from the rangers here at Fort Frederica that Fort King George does all kinds of living history, so we wanted to check it out. Fort King George predates Fort …

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Tom and I arrived at St. Simons Island to begin our winter job at Fort Frederica National Monument.  We got here on Tuesday and started work on Wednesday.  Before we started work, however, we had a little time to explore the island and orient ourselves. St. Simons Island is an island off the coast of …

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In 2015 I wrote a post about signs along the way: some of the signs we had seen in various places in our travels.  Since then we have seen a lot more signs.  In fact, we see signs everywhere we go.  Big signs, little signs, signs of hope, signs of despair, signs of warning and …

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As we start the New Year, Tom and I are on the road headed to our next national park.  It is always hard to leave Ohio.  We miss our family and friends when we are far away, especially after all the time together over the holidays.  My family is terrific and we love to spend …

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Last year I wrote about our five favorite places for 2015, so I thought I would begin a tradition of writing about our five favorite places again this year.  Of course, I had to wait until the last day of the year to post it, because you can’t know what your favorites are going to …

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I had to wait until today to write about my Christmases because there were four of them.  The last one was last night, so now that my Christmases are over, I can tell you about them and show you some pictures. We started our Christmases with Christmas Eve at Mom and Dad’s.  We watched the Browns …

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The best movies always come out between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Last year it was Star Wars Episode VII and James Bond Spectre.  This year Star Wars Rogue One was a must-see movie for me while we are in Ohio.  I mentioned it to John and Jackie about 100 times, so they graciously bought tickets for …

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