Camera Dilemma

The camera gods have not been smiling upon me lately. On our recent excursion to Shoals Junction my trusty Nikon D50 DSLR’s mirror got locked in the UP position for several panic-filled minutes. The camera was already showing its age, and I’ve been putting away a bit of cash for a replacement, but the incident [...]

Posted by Tom on April 10th, 2012 | 3 Comments Posted in Gear, Photography

Old Dorchester and ACE Basin

I’ve been able to take off on a few excursions over the last couple of months, but Laura really hasn’t had a chance to get away. With her mom in Florida, and since we had at least one day in common for this spring break, we decided to escape down to the Charleston area. However, [...]

Posted by Tom on April 8th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Photography, Travel

Searching for Shoals Junction

It’s spring break for most of the Upstate school districts, and I wanted to search for a few ghost towns. Mark Elbrecht and I had bounced around some possible targets, and after looking through the South Carolina section of the Abandoned Rails website, we decided to try to find Shoals Junction, at the end of [...]

Posted by Tom on April 4th, 2012 | 2 Comments Posted in History and Genealogy, Local, Photography

Brothers Retreat at Jocassee – Part Four

And so it was only two of us left. Chip had to get back to family, and Stephen had to get back to church. Houston and I got up, had a quick breakfast, then packed up the mountain of remaining food and gear into our trucks. At the Devil’s Fork State Park store we checked [...]

Posted by Tom on March 27th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Family, Photography, Travel

Colleton Museums and BBQ

We had made a successful escape from Donnelley WMA. The ACE Basin was behind us, but not forgotten. We would be back, and we would conquer it, haints and curses be damned. However, on this particular Saturday, we still had lots on our plate. That phrase turned out to be truer that we could imagine. [...]

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Posted by Tom on March 12th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in History and Genealogy, Photography, Travel
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