Tailored Tours of Aiken

08/08/2024

Hearing from satisfied friends and patrons let's me know I'm doing the right thing and in the right way. Y'all be sure and call or text me for your own private tour of historic Aiken. (803) 295-3870

26/07/2024

On a beautiful day there’s nothing like a stroll through Hopelands Gardens. We’re surrounded by beauty here in Aiken.

23/07/2024

Special sights like two pretty ladies exercising stately horses and a sleek red F-1 pickup truck made today’s tours extra memorable. Call or text for your tour of historic Aiken and let’s see what extra sights we might discover!

16/07/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Diane Hansen Weisert, Lianne Anderson

Thank y’all for following along on Facebook! I do so appreciate each of you!

15/07/2024

I always say you won’t know what all we’ll see on a tour, and this afternoon we were thrilled when a fawn, still covered in spots, calmly grazed about twelve feet from us. Oh my goodness! We were all in love.🥰

08/07/2024

It's almost time for the Fall classes with the Center for Lifelong Learning at USC-Aiken and I'm excited to share that I will be presenting four separate classes. Online and In-Person registration doesn't start until August 13 but you can go to the link posted here and you'll find a list and description of all the classes offered. I hope to see some of y'all in class!

https://aikenlearning.org/courses.html

04/07/2024

03/07/2024

We do appreciate all our fans and followers but today want to give a big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Diane Hansen Weisert
Lianne Anderson

Way to go!!!🤗

30/06/2024

If you’ve taken my tour you know that Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward would visit Aiken because her mom lived here. And I do share how he wanted to be a pilot but couldn’t. Well, here’s the more about his military experience . . .

26/06/2024

Taking myself on a historic tour out of town, I went to Montgomery, Alabama to search for the graves of Alfred Dexter and Sarah Williams Dexter. After marrying and Alfred designing our town, they moved to what is now Montgomery to farm cotton and help his father with designing Montgomery. Alfred was helping survey for a railroad in New Orleans, LA when he contracted yellow fever which eventually took his life at the age of 43. Sarah stayed in Montgomery and eventually passed away at 74. Both are buried with two of their children, Lucy and Harrietta who died way too young; 2 & 3, and Alfred's sister, Charlotte. The cemetery itself was created from land donated by Alfred's father Andrew. It's a beautiful resting place, Well, as beautiful as a cemetery can be.

25/06/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Diane Hansen Weisert and Lianne Anderson! Thank y’all for following my page!

16/06/2024

Happy Father’s Day to all of you amazing fathers! I hope your day is filled with love and joy.💕

13/06/2024

While on a tour, since you’re not driving, you’ll get to see beautiful and unique sights. Here, we have a gate post with colored slate for its peak. The only place you can quarry colored slate is upstate New York and it was brought here specifically for the home’s roof. Driving through the horse district we saw one of our four-legged citizens looking oh so stately. Schedule your tour and let’s see what we discover together!

07/06/2024

“It was the largest invasion ever assembled, before or since, which landed 156,000 Allied troops by sea and air on five beachheads in Normandy, France. D-Day was the start of Allied operations which would ultimately liberate Western Europe, defeat N**i Germany and end the Second World War.”(Library of Congress)

Thank God for men and women who fought the valiant fight.

06/06/2024

Yesterday’s rain showers produced a rainbow over the thoroughbred training track and only slightly slowed down the progress of the steadfast workers freshening up the county courthouse. I swear there’s beauty all around Aiken.

03/06/2024

Y’all check out this bit of information! It’s not old history, it’s within the last fifty years, but it’s fun and about one our own South Carolinians.

26/05/2024

First things first. One must watch Aiken’s Memorial Day Parade before touring, and today’s did not disappoint. My heart goes out to the families and friends who’s loved ones gave their lives for freedom; and my deepest appreciation goes out to the men and women who so valiantly paid the ultimate sacrifice that others - we might live in a free society. God bless them all.

22/05/2024

Saturday, May 18, I took the time and treated myself to the Aiken Garden Tour and I was not disappointed. To begin with, for eleven years I’ve shown off Joey Cottage but have never had the good fortune of visiting the residence. The cottage grounds were part of the tour and to say I was thrilled is an understatement. Imagine me, walking in the footsteps of William C. Whitney, his wife Edith, and Gloria Vanderbilt (when she was a child). Combine that with the beauty of the flora and architectural details of this magnificent home, well, the day was made perfect.

12/05/2024

Wishing all mothers a wonderful and blessed Mother’s Day!

12/05/2024

Touring on such a fine day brings out beautiful people and stately horses. Saturday was simply perfect.

09/05/2024

No horses out today but there’s plenty of rain. Thankfully our tours are all driving so we can still share the history of Aiken.

09/05/2024

When touring the beauty of Aiken is all around . . .

25/04/2024

Three tours in one day and three opportunities to see beautiful folks on gorgeous horses plus a polo team practicing. What a wonderful Wednesday we had!

25/04/2024

Imagine if this happened here in Aiken. What a headline this would make!

20/04/2024

When touring with guests who haven’t witnessed polo in person, catching a practice makes a tour twice as special. What a fabulous Friday we had!

18/04/2024

Eleven years ago I began offering tours of historic Aiken and thanks to wonderful friends and guests, I’m celebrating a milestone of 11 years in business. Thank you all for your patronage, your kind words of support and encouragement, and for telling others about my service. Without each of you, I wouldn’t be here today. Thank you with all my heart!

15/04/2024

Touring today I encountered a first for me: a hawk resting on the watering trough behind the county museum. A blue jay was clearly upset with this majestic bird but it was like the jay didn’t even exist for the hawk. He/She just stayed put looking at everyone passing by.

09/04/2024

While ending a tour this morning, I saw George Strait! Well, not him exactly, but his image sure is easy on the eyes.🤠🥰 Now if I could just see him in person and maybe give him a tour of Aiken!?!

31/03/2024

I hope and pray each of you has a Blessed and Happy Easter!

30/03/2024

Good Friday was a blessed day and one with more exciting sights for our tours. We observed St. Mary’s Help of Christians Catholic Church hold what appeared to be a reenactment of Christ’s crucifixion. By the county Historic Museum we saw a line of horse trailers and some riders in the horse district with their trusty steeds. I can’t wait to see what we see today!🤗