Charlotte's newest architectural jewel, the 85% completed NASCAR Hall of Fame, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. It is a modern interpretation of the sport in building form and symbolized by a metal ring that twists and turns as it encircles the structure. Like any piece of High Architecture these days, it completely misses [...]
Taken at a local gas station, the photo captures a small bird in the midst of eating a large mantis for lunch. The bird subdued the fighting insect in about 30 seconds before violently picking it apart.
Bonaventure Cemetery, made famous by the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", is a popular tourist attraction in Savannah, GA. Situated on a bluff adjacent to the Wilmington River, it is the final resting place for a number of relatively well known people. [link-gallery gallery="ReunionWeek09" name="Reunon Week '09"]
The Mt. Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park just opened over the 4th of July holiday weekend. At 22 acres in size, it contains a diverse variety of attractions including the longest pier in the area. The large green space seen in the above panorama is adjacent to the bridge and provides a wide open vista of [...]
A weeklong trip to the Charleston in advance of a weekend full of family reunion activities. We did a bunch of sight seeing, rode our bikes over the Cooper River Bridge, hung out with friends, went down to Savannah for a day and went to the beach. Saturday was the big family reunion of Sullivans [...]
Charleston, South Carolina – After years of petitioning, the State of South Carolina Department of Transportation decided to include a pedestrian walkway in the designs for a new Cooper River Bridge. When the new bridge was finished, the walkway became overnight success that provided people the first ever dedicated pedestrian path between Charleston and Mt. [...]
Memorial Waterfront Park is the new flagship park in the Charleston suburb of Mt. Pleasant. Located in the shadows of the newly completed Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, the 22 acre park is home to the Mt. Pleasant Visitors Center and features public pavilions, open green space, a playground, war memorial and a 1250 foot long [...]
Albemarle, NC – Located adjacent to the upper end of Lake Tillery, Falls Mountain is a modest mountain in northern portion of Morrow Mountain State Park. Part of Uwharrie Mountains, it is one of the oldest mountains in North America. Starting riverside, the Fall Mountain Trail follows the river to the Yadkin Falls Dam, where [...]
