Local color and the things we learn as we travel around the state or around the world.
Four months ago I reported on what was at the time our toughest single-day canoe trip everblog. That was an eleven-mile trip in Lake Kissimmee State Park which, although not the longest day trip we had ever taken, was, because of the winds (17 to 24 knots), our toughest trip so far. That trip happened […]
We May Not Have To Trade In Our New Canoe After All As I mentioned in the discussion on our page for Royal Terns, I managed to flip our new canoe shortly after Nancy got that shot. Although I believe that was the first time I’ve ever done that to Nancy, it really damaged her […]
This is I, canoeing on the Turner River just south of the Tamiami Trail just before noon in the late spring of 2008 (when I was just over 81% of my current age). In this picture, I’m just keeping the boat steady. The photographer (who is very near and dear to me) would normally be […]
Our next two festivals, the Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival in Gainesville,announced scheduled for the last weekend in March, and the Old Florida Celebration of the Arts in Cedar Keyannounced the first weekend in April, have both been canceled. We will be back in Cedar Key next year, specifically April 17 & 18, 2021 […]
When we discovered Big Talbot Island State Parkwebsite north of Jacksonville one morning toward the end of April, 2010, Nancy saw Boneyard Beach and decided we needed to come back late in the afternoon for further investigation. The elevation for most of the tree-clad island is about twenty feet. Atlantic storms have eroded the […]