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.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Snow in Hendersonville!
















I have not even had a minute to post anything since the last time. We have all been working on getting my mom moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina. She will now be living there year round rather than here in Mount Pleasant and up there. (I miss her already!) We all worked endlessly getting her up there and trying to combine two houses into one. The job is still not complete. She still has a LOT of boxes to go. I was supposed to return to Charleston on Wednesday but felt I could not leave my mom with so much to do. I still felt bad leaving her yesterday with so much work ahead. Our very wonderful treat for my sister Dianne and I was that we got this very beautiful 7 inches of snow while we were there. We went out to run errands and could not resist taking a bit of a break to take some photos around Hendersonville. We were giddy with excitement and felt this was our reward from God! So I am sharing some photos from around Hendersonville as well as my mom's house and her back yard in the snow. Enjoy...with a little shiver from the cold!
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  1. roxMarch 14, 2010 at 2:03 PM

    A lot of great memories at the home in Hendersonville! Please tell Aunt Margaret hello!

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