Archives: Destinations

All four of us left the Black Hills with a much stronger sense of American history—and of South Dakota—than we’d had when we moseyed into town.

Sometimes you stumble over a place ideally suited for life’s true getaways. A place that offers a wide band of white sandy beaches edged by sea oats that borders calm, clean, gulf waters. Where boardwalks span rolling dunes and provide walkways to endless activities and unforgettable memories. This place is Mexico Beach, FL. Located in the panhandle of Florida and just a half-hour drive from Panama City. Mexico Beach is ideal for those who want to truly get away. 

When he offered to show me endless eastern forests, some of the country's best ATV courses, skydiving, soaring, and more, I had to reconcile the South Carolina in my mind with the one Austin was trying to place in my heart.