Hello, Austin! The weather while we were there was gorgeous. I was able to work outside most of the time! Of note, however, it was WINDY – as in gusts to 30MPH windy (this trend continued throughout our stay in this general region). Speaking of work, the WiFi here was […]
Westward Ho! After leaving our Harvest Host location, which was an unbelievably fantastic stay in North Florida, we were off to New Orleans! More Interstate 10 driving! As subjective as this is, I need to comment about the difference in driving styles between the states – it seemed like almost […]
When we made the decision to travel for a month in our camper, Harvest Hosts was a gem of a find. This service connects businesses who have extra space with campers needing that space to park/camp overnight. While the service itself requires a small annual membership fee, the overnight stays […]
We somewhat recently traded in our pop-up camper for an amazing Coleman Lantern 17B camper! Since this camper is pretty popular, I thought I’d document some of the improvements I’ve made, starting with this external storage door addition. There is a sizable storage area under the bottom bunk, but it […]
Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive is an absolute gem. It’s 11 miles of maintained, drivable nature trails with an incredible amount of flora and fauna to see. It’s the closest you’ll likely get to Florida nature without hopping in a kayak.
We live very close to the Wekiva river. In fact, I could nearly throw a stone into the river from our house. There is a private park just down the street from our home where we launch our boats – it’s one of the reasons we purchased our home. Unless […]
So, it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted to this blog – just over 5 years, to be precise. I haven’t stopped kayaking, but I had stopped blogging about it. Between then and now, I’ve moved from the Orlando area to Pittsburgh (where the kayaking is vastly different) and […]
What a trip this was! We decided to do a mini-vacation and stay overnight in St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S. Saturday we walked around the city, visited Castillo de San Marcos, a fort built in the 17th century, and took a cheesy tour of the Old St. Johns […]
I’ve been meaning to check out Orlando Wetlands Park for a while now. It’s actually a man-made, intentional swamp/marsh that is tightly managed and controlled, and functions as a last-step filtration for waste water. I did a bit of research on the facility, and I find it truly elegant and […]
… but I did get to ride on a manatee.