Adventures
Crazy Find: Bob Bell Pass Trail, Myrtle Beach SC
Feb 11th
While Duckie and I were on our weekly ride on the boulevard looking at the pretty beach houses, Duckie mentioned that she had found this weird trail off a back road in Carolina Forest. The trail itself was marked by a metal sign claiming that it ran all the way to Canada over the course of a few thousand miles. According to what Duckie had heard, the trail just stops in a field. I was intrigued by this idea and so I had Duckie take me to the spot.
Here are directions to this sign:
From Carolina Forest @ 501 >
Follow Carolina Forest Boulevard all the way to River Oaks Drive.
Take a right once you’ve reached the stoplight at Forest Crossings (or whatever they may be calling that section).
Take your first left, immediately following the overpass (next to The Battery).
Drive straight down this road ( I don’t know what it is called) for about a quarter of a mile and the sign will be on the left hand side of the road. Blue sign, yellow font next to a paved path.
We found the sign with ease. The sign stated that it was indeed a trail that led all the way to Canada. The “Bob Bell Pass Trail” as this section was called connected Key West to Canada with 3,000+ miles of walking trail known as The East Coast Greenway. We had never heard of it before and if it is as big as this sign claims it is, I”m surprised we haven’t. Not to mention, its location is so random and hidden away from everything. Maybe they are still in the process of building it; I don’t know how it gets around Hwy 31.
What is The East Coast Greenway? “The East Coast Greenway is a developing trail system, spanning nearly 3,000 miles as it winds its way between Canada and Key West, linking all the major cities of the eastern seaboard. Nearly 25 percent of the route is already on safe, traffic-free paths.” From what I can tell, the project is currently still undergoing construction and is a non profit organization. Donations are appreciated.
Check out info on the greenway here. Enjoy a piece of it here in Myrtle Beach!! Has anyone been to this location?
Dream Vacation Ahoy!
Dec 7th
There are so many places I would love to see before I’m gone and each year my list grows bigger and bigger. Here are just two of the places I’m hoping to visit in the next 10 years.
Maldives Islands:
A set of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka. They are absolutely gorgeous. The water looks bluer than blue and this destination is much more than a tropical paradise. I did some serious investigating a few years ago and calculated exchange rates to American dollars, hotel accommodations and flight expenses. In the end, this is an expensive trip (upwards of $20,000+) but it would be so worth it. The hotels I’ve looked into have glass floors so that you can see the ocean reef and fish below you at all times and the food is apparently spicy carribean like flavors that are absolutely delicious. Dear Santa…
Ice Hotel:
Located in Sweden, its not much of a getaway vacation as more of an incredible experience. The entire hotel is made out of ice, this includes all the furniture. Be prepared with as much thermal underwear as you can pack. The concept, as I’ve read off the Ice Hotel website, is that you spend one night in an ice room (I really want to stay in the Art Suite) and then a few other nights in a warm room. My husband, who is a major fan of freezing temperatures, will be very excited that this made it on my list. Packages start at about $1500 per person.
Twilight Saga Fanboyism – Yes, I’m hooked.
Nov 21st
First Off, I would just like to take the opportunity to thank and congratulate Stephenie Meyer on creating such a fantastic collection of novels and such a fantastic franchise. I’ve can not recall any time I’ve become so hooked on a set of books.
Nicholas and I were a few of the thousands, if not millions of people who attended the midnight premiere of New Moon on Thursday night. We had purchased our tickets some two months earlier and I could not wait to see it! We arrived a few hours early and not to my surprise the theaters were already packed with screaming woman. I was decked out in my fanboy attire —–> 
The books (as usual) are so much better than the movies, but I love to watch the fantastic story play out on the big screen. Eclipse comes out on June 30th (or so I’ve heard) and I’m ready to go buy tickets now!
New Moon was just as I had expected, an exciting and much better follow up to Twilight. Taylor Lautner was fantastic as the new buff Jacob Black, and I am so happy to see that in the end it worked out for him. I would have hated for him to be re-casted.
Robert Pattinson (omg, yum!), although he was not the main focus in this film, was drop dead gorgeous as usual and made my heart beat out of my chest; his quotes of his undying love circa the early 1900s make me swoon every time. Kristen Stewart is my perfect Bella Swan and she was fantastic.
Nicholas may not admit it in public, but he knows deep down he enjoyed the movie just as much as I did. At the end he even said and I quote “I want to see the other ones now because I want to see what happens to that werewolf guy, does he ever get laid?”. LOL.
Team Edward FTW!!!
Get Involved.
Nov 1st
“Love others as you love yourself“. I heard that on the radio today. I try my best to be a good person and help those in need when I can, but I definitely could use some improvement.
So I’ve decided..
I want to help people do something in their life. I can rake a few yards or help handout food (which I’m hoping to do this Turkey day)..I just want to be a part of something positive..something life changing to someone that could really use my help and effort.
I jumped onto VolunteerMatch.com hoping to find some fantastic opportunity. I came across a few hospice care facilities looking for people to spend some time and offer companionship to some older folks (Who wouldn’t love having extra grandparents?!), local disaster relief with the American Red Cross, Food Bank help, etc. I am more than happy to get involved with these groups, but I am especially interested in groups that are benefiting children specifically or animals.
I just really want to help out! Any ideas?
Charleston BarCamp
Oct 27th
CHARLESTON BARCAMP 2009 GROUP PHOTO
@oubipaws and I headed down to Charleston on Saturday, October 24th, 2009 to partake in a BarCamp “unconference” in Charleston. It was an extremely educational geek gathering.
With limited slots available (250 in all) it was a great event for techies and non-techies alike.
The Sessions We Attended:
#1:“iPhone in Your Face” brought to you by @mbgeek was a session about programming for the iPhone and submitting your app to the App Store.
#2:“Amazon Cloud Computing” was lots of information on how to use Amazon for your cloud server needs. In this session I learned that cloud computing is way too complicated for me, but @oubipaws thoroughly enjoyed racking his brain.
#3:“Ruby On Rails using git” brought to you by @JebSchneider was a great session and one of our faves of the day.
#4:“Asp.NET MVC Bing API” brought to you by @kodefuguru was a session about using the bing API, flickr API and programming Asp.Net. Even after learning about the new twist on Asp.NET I still prefer all other programming languages first, and I can safely say that I will always prefer Google’s API.
#5:“Drupal” brought to you by @exposur3 was very interesting to me because I had never had any experience learning about Drupal. After I heard all about it, I still prefer Wordpress as my CMS but I wouldn’t mind playing around with Drupal in the future.
#6: We had every intention of heading to “BaconCamp” (lol) but we were so exhausted that we decided to head home a little early.
All in all we had a fantastic time in Charleston and we are looking forward to next year!!!
New Babes @ Red Barn Stables
Sep 9th
My Mom and I headed out to Bennettsville on Labor Day for one of the biggest horse and tack auction of the year.
We brought home a nice new bridle and saddle, a few lead lines and a pink feed bucket, but the greatest thing of all we brought home was my new horse OLYMPIA CHEYENNE! She is a Tobiano Paint and is fully registered. I adore her. After a few days now she isn’t quite as sweet and quiet as she was at the auction (she could have been doped up or may just be shaken from being in a new environment) but either way, I absolutely adore her and are working really hard to turn her into a fantastic trail horse. Oooh..and tonight I got a new gorgeous saddle off of eBay. Does anyone know where to pick up an Australian Style Saddle Pad?
My Mom’s friend Jennifer also picked up a Draft Paint Pinto. He is a monster, but a very cute one. I told her that she should name him “Mousse”..he is a brown and cream color like the desert and large like the animal, so it fit very well!
Good Night Ya’ll!