I have always loved to travel and share my photographs with others so they could see places through my eyes, but I finally decided to make videos to share as well so they could feel as if they were there with me. I travel often with my parents so they can visit places they only ever dreamed of seeing. Most people want to wait until they retire to get out and travel, but I want to get out and travel now. While I sometimes come off as being awkward when I’m talking in my videos, that comes from years of being shy. Making videos is a step out of my comfort zone, but if any of them make someone happy by seeing them, it’s all worth it to me. Thanks for watching!
I also write blogs about some of my trips. I haven’t been writing much lately, but my website is www.travelingthesoutheast.com
Nice thumbnail...nice to see Dad now and then otherwise we think he might not be well. Saltwater looked pretty empty but Google reviews are 4.5 which is pretty good and food looked delicious. People like piers for fishing here in Florida also. Hope this comment stays.
We got to the restaurant as soon as they unlocked the doors for the day. Their food is really good. Dad is doing great. He prefers to stay at home, but he does join us every now and then.
I go through Ridge Spring a lot. My mom's family grew up in Monetta and own Watsonia peaches. If you are ever in Monetta eat at Peaches and Such - their restaurant. I think only open on weekends.
I’ll have to make a note of that. We are always passing through areas that we don’t know anything about. In an upcoming video, some locals to the area overheard us asking about something and pointed us in the right direction.
@@TravelingtheSoutheast I like the peach/strawberry swirl ice cream. If you stand looking at Peaches and Such and look two houses down to the right that is where my Mom grew up.
This video was so peaceful and enjoyable to watch. Breakfast looked good at Cracker Barrel. Have you heard that they are undergoing rebranding and “refreshing” their look? I personally wish it would stay the same.
The breakfast was really good that morning. I’ve watched a video about the updated Cracker Barrel. I didn’t care for the new look. It looked so basic and plain, and the uniqueness was gone. I like all of the old antiques on the walls and in the ceiling.
Enjoyed the sunrise, and the good looking food at Cracker Barrell.....great combo...and if you wake up early anyway, might as well go somewhere pretty.
That’s true. I always enjoy a beautiful sunrise. I don’t wake up naturally until around 10 or 11, so I have to push myself to do these things. I have to get up early for work when I’m on day shift, so you would think that I’d sleep in on my days off. Nope….
There’s not many of your videos I haven’t seen, but I haven’t seen this one! So I’m going to fold laundry and watch. Still a fan. A fan from the very beginning lol
We almost went to McBee on Wednesday, but decided not to since we didn’t know how bad the rain was going to be. This was a very calm storm to what we usually get. I believe there’s another one out in the ocean right now.
I might can make that happen. I realized the other day that we hadn’t been there since late May. I’m typically in that area at least twice a month when all of the produce is fresh.
The happiness in this video, the sunflowers, sunshine, birds chirping and bees! Thank you for sharing with us who can’t make it there to see in person. 🌻 🐝 ☀️
@a.s.7803 I found that on the Swig Life website. It was on sale. I had been looking at it in Buc-ee’s, but it was more than I wanted to pay. They had them on sale on the website. I got the big one for me and mom wanted the small one for her coffee.
Hello. Glad to know that you'll are safe. In my area, flooding was an issue. I live by a lake. I remember traveling through Olanta when I worked in Turbeville. That South Florence sign is very beautiful. That's my area 😊. Be safe.
We live a few miles from the Lynches River, but fortunately the river has never reached us when it floods. I loved the new sign at South Florence. I caught my eye quickly. Stay safe as well.
We occasionally do a riding around video. I prefer to get out and explore, but I have discovered over the years that sometimes people just want to see the drive. I’m glad we didn’t have any damage either.
Glad not much damage other than flooding which will be damage for some. That Buckee ghost light is really cute. You should get your Halloween tee soon...they are always cute also. Hard to believe it is getting to be fall now. Still have a few storms to go I am sure.
The ghost light is adorable. I found out that the shirt glows in the dark. I haven’t been back up there yet to see if my size has arrived yet. I am ready for fall. The heat is intense outside today. I’m over summer at this point. We have another storm brewing out there now, but I don’t think they know where it’s headed yet.
@@TravelingtheSoutheast The weather people in Florida always say September is peak hurricane month....DeSantis declared emergency for H. Debbie and is now providing money to flooded people Great Guy...Crickets from Biden for anybody else.
@@janusaflorida7909 We usually don’t get anything here too much until September or October. I’ve had to cancel vacation plans in those months due to storms. I rarely ever take a summer vacation, but I do take vacations in September and October every year. I had to leave out of Florida two years ago on my September vacation because a storm was coming in.
I pass through Spartanburg when I’m heading to the mountains. I also enjoy visiting Croft State Park when I’m in the area. It’s such a beautiful place.
Loved the video...I am ready to drive to Dillon to the China Buffet LOL!! Also enjoyed seeing the Farm again in Conway and the donkeys and like the t shirt you got. You wear them so make use of them, so always need more!! Hope you are safe from Hurr. Debby.
I’m always ready to go to the China Buffet. 😂 I do have a complete video of the farm coming out soon. We went back over there to the Tobacco Heritage Day, so you’ll get to see mom in action stringing tobacco. We made it safely through Debby. We had a lot of rain, but I don’t see where anything is damaged around the house.
I love Sparkys, last time I was there i happened to find a bank card left in the gas pump. I got in touch with the company of the card in NC. Long story short the card was being used by a employee without consent. I mailed the card to them. They were so thankful and the sent me from Cheryl's cookies.
Unfortunately things like that happens sometimes. The world is full of honest people, but then there’s a lot of dishonest people as well. I always keep my cards on me and don’t release them to an employee anywhere. They could easily take pictures of it and use it online as well. It was nice that the people sent you some cookies for the good deed you did for them.
This is second comment...first didnt post again....Just Best wishes for all the rain and wind with Hurr. Debby. I am still getting bands of rain and wind but staying dry.
We are getting rain already. It started up yesterday. It’s stopped a few times, but starts up heavy again. Hopefully everything will be okay. They’re already expecting it to be like the 1,000 year flood a few years ago. I guess they didn’t name that one right.
Really enjoyed this beautiful drive . With everything that is going on right now this was absolutely refreshing to watch . Y'all stay safe with this TS moving through. 😊
It is a beautiful drive. I’m looking forward to going when the leaves change. We’re trying to stay safe with the storm. I think they’re predicting about 16 inches of rain where I live.
The Souvenirs you got I thought were worth it...the key chain and cup were flashy...just like Dolly!! You must have gone before the flash flooding they just had as they had alot of damage to repair. What city/hotel do you like to stay over night in?? Didnt seem like it was too far away.. Thanks for video , enjoyed it anyway. If no rain, it probably would have been too hot!!
We were there about two weeks before the flood. I’m glad we weren’t there when it did flood. We stay at different hotels when we go. I stay in Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, or Kodak. We have stayed in Knoxville and Newport too, but that’s a bit too far for what we are visiting for. I’ll show the hotel after we finish staying there for the year.
It has been a rainy summer so far here in Florida...my lawn mower guy can hardly get any work done and complaining. Glad you enjoyed this years Summer Celebration and used your food pass even with the rain. I looked up Food City as we have Publix here in Florida and it is like sixteen locations all in Tennessee....Dolly probably owns that partly too...she was a very savy business woman.
We have never stopped in at Food City when we’re in Tennessee. We always go to Publix in Pigeon Forge when we’re in the area. The Summer Celebration was a lot of fun. I love the Harvest Festival that will be coming up next, but nothing beats Smoky Mountain Christmas.
I enjoyed the Liquid Beats. I missed the last part of their performance, but I was heading to the bubble show that was up next. We had a great time there.
@@TravelingtheSoutheast The comment that included the name of the publishing co is what they are deleting. The publisher is owned by Fat Quarter and is called it is sew emma......hope this doesnt disapper
@@janusaflorida7909 I wonder why they deleted your comments. They must really enjoy reading what you write as much as I do if they delete your comments before I even get to see them. It’s always weird that people read conversations between people. I know it happens, but it’s still weird.
@@TravelingtheSoutheast it was only comments that had the publishers name in the sentence....also my first comment was probably too long. YT doesnt like that either
I am encouraging you to contact them about a spiral bound weekly planner prototype you can show SC Park Service to buy and sell in their gift shop. You could make enough money to quit your current job, I think. I would buy one. Your pixs are so beautiful.
A lot of my photos are already on the South Carolina Parks website. I know a lot of the people that work at the central office in Columbia. We actually ran into the state park director the other day at Santee and then he introduced us to his boss, the director of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism. He told him about how much we promote and market the state parks for them. My pictures have also been featured on the Discover SC Instagram page and also Only in South Carolina. I’m pretty proud of all that. You’d have to look up Misstaknid to see the pictures, but they are there.
@@TravelingtheSoutheast Wow that is good to know because you are very talented. YT keeps deleting the comment mentioning the publisher in Texas that does spiral bound weekly planners. Not sure what the problem is.
@janusaflorida7909 I used to make photo books through Shutterfly. That’s where I keep all my pictures at. I used to take several cameras out with me on all my trips, but now I mainly just take my phone since I mainly record videos now. You can usually tell in the videos when I stop to take pictures because the video will start back up at the same place where it left off. A lot of people have told me that they like that my videos seem like I’m taking you with me instead of me just telling you about a place.
Beautiful!! Seeing the bees working on the sunflowers was nice . Mother Nature at her best . The butterflies ❤ them . Did a great job catching them doing what they do to bring us delicious sunflowers . If I'm not making sense right now , blame it on the morphine 😂 . Y'all stay blessed and most all safe . 😊
I always try to catch the bees on the sunflowers. You made perfect sense to me. I could read everything you wrote. I hope that you are getting better. 🌻🌻🌻
I planted a bunch of sunflowers last year.....I had some many finches show up and little blue birds. Those fields of 🌻 were so beautiful. Thanks again for another wonderful video.
I have had some sunflower seeds for several years now that I still haven’t planted. 😂 I always think about them once it’s too late to plant them. I bet it was cool to see the birds show up to the sunflowers last year. 🌻🌻🌻
I have never seen birds in these fields of sunflowers, but I know they are planted specifically for dove hunting. I always see a lot of butterflies and bees when we visit here.
The only thing I don’t like is Miracle Whip. I don’t add salt to anything I eat or cook. Most things already have enough salt in it, so I don’t add anymore.
YT erased my first comment so I am posting it again. I think if your comment is too long, they wont post it. I complimented you on the beautiful\ thumbnail of Wateree SP deck with the rising sunlight. Beautiful. The pix of King Mountain was nice to se again. That is up by N>C. border. Shorts together is fine...sometimes you dont have enough for a full video .Thanks so much ladies and Dad.
I wish they’d let the comment stay. I have a few more random videos coming out soon. It’s been a little hard to film at some places since they have been visited by tourists recently. School is starting now here, so that should change everything back to normal soon.
The tomato pie looked delicious and was new to me....With all the veggies coming to market in the summer, need to come up with recipes to eat them and make them tastier....their price is right in mid summer. I am splitting this in two, as I think YT erases your comment if it is too long. Thanks again ladies...I really enjoyed it and I know you two also or you wouldnt be doing it LOL!!
We do enjoy making the videos and reading the comments. I’ve been making tomato pies for about ten years now. I usually make at least two or three of them each season when the tomatoes are fresh off the farms. They taste more like how tomatoes are supposed to taste instead of a watered down tomato.
Your videos sure are bringing me some relief from this hospital stay . Been down in the dumps the last few days 😢. I really did enjoy the Kings Mountain park tour , a beautiful place . I wish we could have seen the horses but they were smart to stay out of the sun . The Bison surely had the right idea , lol . I like watching y'all pick your blueberries, it's relaxing . Your mom was on a good roll there , lol . Y'all stay safe out there.😊
Kings Mountain is one of our favorite state parks to visit. It’s about three hours away from us, so we don’t visit as often as we would like to. Mom really enjoys picking blueberries every summer. We probably have at least 30 bushes, so it keeps her busy. I think at this point she is tired of picking them, so she said the birds can have the rest of them.
@@TravelingtheSoutheast your blueberries crop really blossomed this year , that's a lot of bushels to pick and I don't blame for letting the birds have the rest . She did look tired at the end . They do look yummy . Is she able to make a jam out of them or anything . I bet they would be great on pancakes or in a cake . I need to stop I'm making myself hungry 😂 . Y'all have a great day .
@CryMeARiver63 She made blueberry jam this year out of the ones we had left over. We did try pancakes one time. We also make blueberry cobblers out of the ones that are frozen. They don’t go to waste.
I have always enjoyed learning about history. I think that it’s important that state parks and national parks exist so the history of the places aren’t lost forever due to the development of the areas they are located in.
I posted a comment but it didnt stay...so repeating it. really enjoyed this video....Every Revolution has been caused by excess taxation by the govt/monarch. You are troopers for hanging in there and those fans are great souvenirs. EVerybody looked really hot. Thanks again and stay cool..
I don’t know why the comments aren’t staying. We did enjoy making the fans. The heat was excessive that day, so I stayed maybe an hour and left. We ended up in Conway later that day and sat out in the heat for about 5 hours for the concert that I posted a few weeks ago. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Love it !!! Some very interesting info on the war and the harshness they endured fighting it . That little demonstration they did was a nice touch . The fans on the table were beautiful but l loved the ones your mom and you made . They have me on morphine today so my brain isn't cooperating with my hand , lol . I really enjoyed watching this one. Thank you and y'all stay safe .😊
We always enjoy going to Carolina Day when my schedule at work works out so I can go. I always find the demonstrations to be interesting. Mom wasn’t originally going to make a fan, but she changed her mind and made one anyway. I hope that you get better soon.
Hope YT doesnt erase this. I really enjoyed this video...the museum was really extensive and very well done. I am going to try and visit this place again myself. Is there still smells from paper plants in this area of Georgia or have they found a way to make wood products without stinking for miles?? When I saw that Anaconda snake I first thought they were found in this part of Georgia ~ LOL,, but it was the name of a Military Plan. Great job filming and editing again.
The museum was very nice. I would have been in there all day if I would have tried to read everything. Georgia doesn’t seem to smell as bad as it did when I was younger. There’s only one bad area that we pass through now on I95. I enjoyed our visit to this park even though I went on an extremely hot day.
RU-vid did it again 😡. No comment after commenting . Well you did an awesome job with the tour of this Fort in such heat . It is really beautiful and yes the history is sad . Really enjoyed your walk around showing us the beautiful things about that area . We're gonna start calling you Ms Donna Gets it done , 😂. We ❤ what you Doo and the content you bring us . Stay safe out there . 😊 I'm still in the hospital, things took a wrong way last night ....🤦🌺
I wish your original comments would stay. I always enjoy reading what you write. I was hoping that you would have already been out of the hospital by now. I know that they are not fun to be at. I did get it done in this video even though I seriously thought about turning around a few times. It was so hot out there that day. I should have taken something to drink with me, but I left in it the car like I always do. This was my last Georgia state park for now, but I enjoyed our visits to all of them.
@@TravelingtheSoutheastthere is a part of me wishing you had gone back to the car with mom but glad you didn't. As I said earlier.... You did an awesome job capturing the beauty of this Fort . 😊
I can't thank you and your mom enough. So much hateful and ridiculous stuff on tv. I love watching your videos because you show us history and beautiful sites that we haven't seen. You and your mom are just good-hearted and kind to share your trips. Also, it's so nice to relax and relieve the daily cares. Thank you again.
I rarely watch regular tv shows anymore myself. I watch the old shows like The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Three’s Company, and other shows like that. I have always preferred them since I was young, and I was watching them in reruns because most of them had been off the air for years by the time I was born. We enjoy sharing our trips through pictures and videos. I know I’m far from the best at making videos, but I truly enjoy doing it. Thank you for watching them too.
Very interesting video as always ladies and well done with the filming and editing. The thumbnail is also great. If I recall right, General Andrew Jackson later Pres. Andrew Jackson was attempted asassination three times....he was shot three different times, and recovered from all three attempts. The British again probably . They have been trying to rule America since forever. Look up MI 6 and MI 5. Like the CIA of the US and work closely together still to this day. And another attempt with Pres. Lincoln, trying to keep the North and South together so Britain couldnt claim the South. The confederacy was funded by someone with big pockets as rifles, ammo, uniforms, etc. pay for soldiers takes alot of money. (Britain/England) . Britain agreed to stop attacking the thirteen colonies in exchange for all of Canada...that was that deal. Then when Lincoln freed the slaves...that made all the Southern plantations no longer valuable businesses and so Britain was no longer interested. So Britain then went on to start wars in Europe....WWI and WWII.....Now they are trying to start a war with RUssia!!! Very nice museum there.
I had a hard time picking a thumbnail for this video. I liked this picture the best, so I went with it. I have always loved history, so I am drawn to places like this. I mention in my next video about how these places are so beautiful today, and how wars took place at them and horrible things happened. You’d never know today that so many people died in wars on grounds that we walk on today in state and national parks, but they have preserved them. The fort in my next video is outstanding. It is close to this park, so it was our last Georgia state park we visited before our pass ran out.
