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.

Monday, January 11, 2010







We are one step closer to the big move. We are booked for a house hunting trip this Thursday and to return to Charleston on Tuesday. Then just a few days until Tom is there permanently. He will be there January 23. Everything has been on hold because of the holidays and it has just taken this long to get through all the red tape to move and now it is as if we are on "speed move". We are feeling excited and anxious all at the same time. It is just a host of emotions. One of the toughest things for us is to be leaving our little nephews, Greyson and Peyton and one on the way behind. They are at that age that brings such joy to us.And it is not easy to be leaving both of our parents as on both sides they are getting up in age. Maybe we should just kidnap all of them! Anyway, we will be letting everyone know how our Tucson trip is going and will hopefully see some houses we like. Hopefully, I will have time to take lots of pics!

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