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.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Official News






It is with mixed emotion I will be bidding adieu to Charleston on April 23rd. We officailly have a contract on our house as long as nothing unforseen occurs. The scariest part is not having a home to move into out there yet. I will be going out Aril 6 to give house hunting another go. I am sad to leave all the great friends and family that I have here. And I have just recently met several new friends but hope to be able to continue those newly formed friendships from across the country. I truely hope many of you will feel welcome enough to come out to visit us. I especially hope that some of my photography friends will come out to do some shooting excursions.
We have been very blessed to sell our house so quickly in this market. And that was our 3rd offer in two months!
I worked downtown at one of the galleries yesterday, which I so enjoy. But afterwards I took my camera on that cold and windy afternoon to the old bridge (to Sullivan's Island in the village), which is one of my favorite spots in Charleston and shot some photos that I will share here.
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