Bienvenue
It takes a long time to get out of Florida; especially as you get older. Most AARP members never do get out. Our escape attempt began at 7 am in a packed-to-the-bedrails F250 and ended 700 miles later in Hammond,
No Fleein’ Ian
While we were hot and bored in Key West, Jamaica was whipping up a little mischief down in the Caribbean. The local buzz at the pickelball courts was that Key West was in the path of a brewing storm. That
Free West
What is not to like about Key West? It has everything that you could possibly want in a vacation get-away. You can jet ski and snorkel in the crystal clear water. You can party on Duvall Street at one of
Key West OG
Poll: Who’s the Key West OG? Hemingway or Buffett? While they both might be drunks, one was a bully, bragger and myth-monger, writing punishing stories of hardship and death while the other embraced outcasts, writing songs you know by heart
Keys Please
The Florida Keys sweep lazily south from Miami out into the sparkling turquoise waters that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico. Rumor has it that the continental United States is all rules and regulations from east to west
Sweatshop, Swamp and Southernmost Salvation
Florida is in still in full swing sweatshop season where the thick humidity suffocates the skin and creates a daily downpour that makes even the ants want to relocate. After a month of traveling north and west, the past week
Closing Time
In 300 miles we will be back in Bradenton, Fl where our adventure began. Thank you for following along. It is a strange feeling sitting in a state park on the Georgia-Florida border contemplating if this is the last night we
Betting on Gateway Arch
Not a sole can tell you, not even the Google, why a manmade steel structure sitting on 90 acres of city park was designated a National Park in 2018. Did it have something to do with the Senators from Missouri
Don’t Sound the Alarm
Thirty miles north of Cheyenne, a low slung building with faded yellow aluminum siding sits alone on a range of scrub land, grazed by cattle for as far as the eye can see. Its distinguishing feature is the 12 foot
Green Bakers
Not born in a small town. Never lived in a small town. Probably won’t die in a small town, but oh we love those small town communities. Well, they’re not exactly John Mellancamp’s Small Town lyrics but after living in