Snow Canyon near St. George

We made it to Utah after four days of driving and one day stopping in Texas.  We stayed in St. George with SM's sister and her family.  They decided to take us on a hike with an amazing view at the top.

The canyon looked amazing from the top.  A camera can't do it justice.

Some of our hiking buddies!

Of course this is staged...she doesn't have enough fear in her eyes for this to be real.  But it still was a great picture.

My brother-in-law took an extra small hike up this rock face and got a better view of the canyon below.  Too scary for me to try!  We had a great three or four days in St. George.  It's so nice to be with family for the summer.

Roswell, New Mexico

Day three of driving to Utah, we stopped in Roswell, NM to check out the aliens.  The first thing we saw was not an alien but a large statue of some guy on a horse and a long-horn bull.  I did read the plaque but can't remember what it said.  Oops.

It was a warm day and we were glad to take a break from the car.

The lights on main street all looked like this...little aliens eyes on the lights.

The Coca-Cola machine had this fun picture on the front.

Check out these cute pillow aliens that we saw at the local furniture store.  We only stayed in Roswell for a half an hour but it was nice break from our trip.

Austin, Texas

After two days of driving, we stopped in Austin Texas to visit with our friends and take a day away from traveling.

Look at this cutie.  It was a very hot day but this cutie had thrown up all over his clothes and so he was enjoying the park in his birthday suit.

Check out the view of the city next to the "lake."  There were a lot of people running on the trail, kayaking or canoeing, and enjoying the outdoors.

After spending the morning at the park we stopped at the Trailer Park Eatery for some lunch.

We ate at Torchy's Tacos and had some very yummy tacos and deep fried chocolate chip cookies.  We had a great time in Austin and felt bad that our friends all ended up ill with the stomach flu.  Hopefully the next time we spend time together no one will be ill.

New Orleans, LA

So this summer is full of lots of new things, and New Orleans was one of those new things.  We decided to drive from Georgia to Utah and take the southern route.  We stopped in Mobile, Alabama for lunch and then drove to New Orleans.

SM and I spent an hour or so in New Orleans.  Check out that cute alligator.  We were hoping to hear some live jazz music but apparently we needed to come later in the day because we didn't hear any live jazz music.

I found out that there are some very ugly parts of New Orleans but there are also some very beautiful parts.  I'm glad that we got to go but it's not some place that we will be going back to very soon.  We have too many other things to see.

Charleston, South Carolina Day 2

Monday morning SM and I went to the waterfront to take a ferry tour to Fort Sumter.

We spent an hour or so at the museum, learning about the first shorts fired in the Civil War.

Here's our ferry!



On the ferry tour.  It took about 30 minutes to get out to the island (Fort Sumter) and meanwhile we saw many different sites from the ferry.

Here's a photo of the very impressive bridge.

Here's a look of the waterfront of Charleston...so picturesque!  Beautiful!

There's Fort Sumter behind me.  The weather was overcast and a bit rainy but we still enjoyed ourselves, even if we were cold.

Look at those holes in the walls.

This is one of my favorite pictures that SM took while we were on the ferry.

Monday evening my brother finished up with work and went out with us to get a treat...or two.  We found a cupcake store.

Look how yummy!  SM loved his cupcake.

I don't like cupcakes very much but I love frozen yogurt and so we found a frozen yogurt place and we all got frozen yogurt.

We loved our time in Charleston.  We had a very yummy late lunch or early dinner and I tried boiled peanuts for my first time.  I found that I'm not really a fan of boiled peanuts.  But we had some yummy grits and Southern food.

I took a couple photos on the way back to Georgia...hoping to get a photo of Spanish moss and the atmosphere of South Carolina.

Charleston, South Carolina Day 1

My brother flew to Atlanta and we picked him and drove him Charleston, SC for his work.  It was so nice to see him.  We stayed at the hotel with him for one night and took the opportunity to be tourists in Charleston.

This building stretches back four or five blocks.  During the day it is a street market where people sell their wares.  There were handmade baskets, jewelry, food, etc.

Here's a beautiful church, and I wasn't sure the camera could get the photo since it was near sunset, but I really like this photo.  My husband, brother and I took a leisurely Sunday stroll down to the waterfront and took several pictures.

Here we are at the waterfront.  The photo isn't very good because the sun was setting...but I like it.

Me and my brother.

And here's the waterfront.  Check out that moon in the background.  We walked along the waterfront and even saw a young man pull in a very small shark on his fishing pole.

Here's an Old Slave Market which is now a museum.

Here's an opera/theatre building.  Isn't it beautiful all lit up at night?  I really enjoyed walking around Charleston my first evening there.