All Entries in the "Travel" Category
Photo of the Day 3/11/2010
In my post on Tuesday about Ryan and is remarkable abilities with animals, I promised more photos of the Banker Horses on Carova Beach. Well, to make a long story short, I have been BUSY! But I am hoping to get a whole bunch of horse photos up on SwartzShots.com tonight. In the mean time, [...]
My Husband, Dr. Dolittle
I promised photos of the beautiful Banker Horses of Carova Beach, but before I post those, I must tell you the story about the horse who fell in love with my husband.
Ryan is like Dr.Dolittle. I have shown you before when. . .
He got Kisses from Sport
Steve Earl showed up, immediately got a bath and [...]
House Moving- It’s Almost Done!
Ryan and I went to Currituck this weekend. We had another one of those 36 hour visits which are thoroughly exhausting.
We arrived Saturday at noon, just in time for Ryan to join my Dad and about 3000 other men for the Knotts Island Hunters Feast. The Hunters Feast is an annual charity event that supports [...]
Photo of the Day 2.26.2010
A photo Ryan took of me, in the doorway of a cabin in Cade’s Cove, last weekend:
Gatlinburg Cabin Rental
This year on our visit to Gatlinburg, Tennessee we stayed in a great cabin.
Year after year, we select a cabin that Mountain Rentals of Gatlinburg has available, staying in a different one for each visit, and have never been disappointed. . .
But this year we were amazed by the value we got for the price. [...]
Photo of the Day 2.24.2010
Mama Swartz holding two quarts of beer at Bennett’s BBQ in Gatlinburg.
She is holding one of the best reasons to go to Bennett’s; the others include fried green tomatoes, BBQ (of course) and an awesome salad bar!
PS- Bennett’s is a must if visiting Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge, even if it’s just to drink [...]
Photo of the Day 2.23.2010
We spent this past weekend in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One of our favorite places to visit.
I took this photo of Ryan, photographing Jelly Fish, at the (Amazing) Ripley’s Aquarium in Gatlinburg.
I plan to show you more photos from the aquarium to show you how awesome it is. . . soon.
House Moving- Update
On Christmas morning we took a quick ride over to the beach house to see the progress. In the six weeks since we had seen it, the rest of the pilings had been put in place, the siding had been removed and the 1st floor decking had been completed.
To see the previous house [...]
Photo of the Day 11.10.09
We hitchhiked a boat ride to the beach with my Dad early Sunday morning, he and the crew were meeting to try to sink a few more piles, for the new beach house.
The house moving company wants to sit the house down on it’s permanent foundation this week, so, they have a whole lot of work [...]
House Moving- INSIDE!
Two weeks ago, I posted about how my parents were moving a house, you can read the post, HERE.
Then, last week I posted a few more pictures of the moving process, HERE.
Well, on Saturday afternoon we decided to do one of those “less-than-24-hour-down-and-back” trips, and we had the opportunity to see the house for ourselves.
Here [...]
