The countdown for leaving Charleston is on for Tom. He flies out tomorrow at 4:00. My car left this morning for its journey. A little more reality! Busy day ahead being sure Tom has all his loose ends tied up and getting all his things to take in order. He is very excited and very nervous at the same time! This job puts him in a better position than he has been before and is actually just what he would like to be doing. The hardest part has probably been the swift speed of everything moving along. And then we don't know how long it will be before we're together again and we've only spent several days apart at a time before.
Kate, Tom's cousin in Tucson, said it has been raining and the rivers are running but she thinks it may be dried up by the time gets there. Rain is quite the event out there!
Anyway, off to helping Tom...
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Sailboat Reflection
WELCOME
Welcome to my blog about our new adventures about moving from sub-tropical coastal South Carolina (Charleston) to a city in the Sonoran Desert (Tucson). My first struggle is to learn to spell Tucson correctly as I tend to want to switch the c and the s!
Just a brief history of each city first:
Charleston (formerly Charles Town) was founded in 1670 and moved to its present location in 1680 by English settlers. Charleston was a focal point for the American Revolution (1176-1785) and was seized and was under British control through 1782. it was also the first state to secede from the Union and the first shot of the American Civil War was fired here on to Fort Sumter where the Union army was holed up. It is city filled with history and has been beautifully preserved. It is continually voted as one of the best cities to visit and the friendliest people.
Tucson, Arizona is located about 120 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the Mexican border. The Spanish colonizers tried to seize the land from the local Native tribes in the 1770's, It was officailly founded by the Irish exporer Hugh O'Connor in 1775 and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.Tucson is considered one of the "Mega-Trend" cities of the 21st century. It has the beauty of the Sonaran desert as well as being surrounded by five mountain ranges. It is also considered a very "artsy" area which is good for me. It is a huge area for photography and hopefully, will make me grow and push myself further in that field.
Tom will be working at Raytheon Missile Defense Systems. He will doing speechwriting and other executive communications duties.
We are looking forward to all of our opportunities and hope you will check back with my blog from time to time to see how "jen's journey" is proceeding.
Just a brief history of each city first:
Charleston (formerly Charles Town) was founded in 1670 and moved to its present location in 1680 by English settlers. Charleston was a focal point for the American Revolution (1176-1785) and was seized and was under British control through 1782. it was also the first state to secede from the Union and the first shot of the American Civil War was fired here on to Fort Sumter where the Union army was holed up. It is city filled with history and has been beautifully preserved. It is continually voted as one of the best cities to visit and the friendliest people.
Tucson, Arizona is located about 120 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the Mexican border. The Spanish colonizers tried to seize the land from the local Native tribes in the 1770's, It was officailly founded by the Irish exporer Hugh O'Connor in 1775 and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.Tucson is considered one of the "Mega-Trend" cities of the 21st century. It has the beauty of the Sonaran desert as well as being surrounded by five mountain ranges. It is also considered a very "artsy" area which is good for me. It is a huge area for photography and hopefully, will make me grow and push myself further in that field.
Tom will be working at Raytheon Missile Defense Systems. He will doing speechwriting and other executive communications duties.
We are looking forward to all of our opportunities and hope you will check back with my blog from time to time to see how "jen's journey" is proceeding.
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- Charleston SC to Tucson
- Charleston, SC, United States
- I always had a love of photography but did nothing seriously with it until I went to school for a year and received a photography certificate. Since then I have been doing art shows, exhibitions, and displays. I have been fortunate enough to earn many ribbons and awards as well as being published in a coffee table book. I love black and white photography but also shoot in color. Many of my photographs can be found at Charleston Artist Guild Gallery as well as Charleston Crafts Gallery, both of which are located in downtown Charleston. Most of my photographs have "focused" on the Southeast with an empahsis in the Charleston are but I look forward to sharing some of my work as we move out to the Southwest.
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