Oct 31, 2017 | Elias' Blog, PAPA Blog
Some think of caves as simple holes in mountains. But when you experience them firsthand, they are hidden palaces of wonder and ancient books to the past. They open up every human’s imagination to the wonders of exploration, adventure, and curiosity. The cave system...
Dec 28, 2014 | Elias' Blog, PAPA Blog
Our second day in Charleston we did lots of exploring. We were looking around in the suburbs for big live-oaks. No not just a 80 year old tree. Something more like a 300 year old tree, maybe more than that. Today we were looking for an enormous live-oak tree. This...
Dec 27, 2014 | Elias' Blog
The day after Christmas we went to our Grandparents in Lexington, SC to celebrate Christmas with our family there. The next day we drove down to explore Charleston, because it was a featured chapter in the Picturesque America book. On the roughly 2 hour drive down, we...
Nov 30, 2014 | Elias' Blog
We woke up early so we could hike over to the the tunnel from our campsite. We cooked a warm breakfast and packed up everything that didn’t have dew on it. We walked over to the trailhead which was close by and hiked into this wonderful forest that was in its...
Oct 21, 2014 | Elias' Blog
We got an early start and drove until we got to Appomattox Court House, a small town where General Lee surrendered and ended the Civil War. The original small town is now a National Historic Park. We went into the actual court house and looked around at some of the...
