Sailboat Reflection

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.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

We are busy getting everything ready for Tom to leave. Tom is taking my car out there and I am keeping the truck just in case I need to move things. My car is being picked up tomorrow morning to be transported to Arizona. It will take it 12 days to arrive. I wish I could put a camcorder on it to see my cars adventures across the country! My sister is also here from Orlando at my mom's house. My mom has sold her house here and is moving back to her house in Hendersonville, NC year round. My sister is helping her sort through things and pack up. So many wonderful years of all of us getting together here at the beach at my parents house on the Isle of Palms. So many changes in a year's time. It is all so very emotional for all of us. But there is no time to be emotional. Too much to do. Get Tom off on Saturday, get our house ready to put on the market, many trips to Goodwill, and helping my mom get packed up. Until later...
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  1. roxJanuary 24, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    Wow! I didn't know that Aunt Margaret was moving to Hendersonville! Tons of life changes going on for y'all right now! I'm loving the blog! Keep it up!

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