The end of week one on the Appalachian Trail, Joe says: “I’m loving the AT. My soul is happy, my mind and heart are at peace. Meanwhile, the ankles and knees are trying to figure out who hijacked this vessel.” After a week he and his hiking mate took “a zero day” where they do […]
We stayed at the Ocean Coast Hotel, but our second home was the beachside Sliders bar where we met some descendants of the Hatfields, some new Floydfest friends, swung on roped bar seats and danced to reggae music. According to the Wikipedia, “American Indian bands associated with the Timucua people settled on the island around […]
I didn’t expect to take more pictures on our last day on the beach at Marco Island, but then I saw this. We discovered some amazing sand art. Joe walked through an army of seabirds like the Kung Fu Grasshopper. See HERE. And I got too close to a seagull. The buildings on Marco Island […]
Most beaches along the east coast don’t have sunsets on the ocean. But because Atlantic Beach, NC, is a barrier island that cuts into the mainland, it is southfacing and you can watch sunsets from the beach. I literally said, “We may as well have died and gone to heaven,” when we arrived Thursday night […]
Who are you? I call all the flowers in the Orchid Garden ‘darlings.’ Joe in the Asian garden. Lily or lotus? Joe walks the labyrinth. Breezes and waterfalls. Joe’s “Virginia is for Lovers” hat. He gets another hat for the Hopa’s fruit hat series. It looks like wisteria but it’s not. Yes, we have no […]
I’ve always been a treasure hunter. When I was young and living in Massachusetts, I dug in old backyard dumps for hand blown glass bottles and other finds. I’ve been collecting shells from beaches around the world for about 40 years. Who knew Marco Island was one of the best places in the world to […]
I ended my last post by saying, the gulf wasn’t warm enough to swim in and that we’d try again tomorrow. Well we did and it was! See HERE. The fountain of youth. I stayed in for a long time and saw a dolphin that I first thought was a shark because the fin looked […]
We ran away from the cold and ice. We started with a visit with friends in Venice, Florida where alligators greeted us at their community entrance. The big one is named Goliath. Also at the entrance was an island on a lake where egrets, herons and pelicans roosted in the trees at night. We drove […]
That’s what I heard Joe say to a Hot Springs NC street vending palm reader as we whizzed by on our bicycles on the way for a tub. Our therapeutic hot mineral soak overlooking the river was divine. Hot Springs Resort & Spa was popular in the 1800s. At one time it was part of […]
______Our World Tuesday/ Wordless Wednesday
Sometimes the best thing you can do at the beach is to go to the pool, especially when it’s 95 degrees, you have a sunburn and the wind at the shore is in full force. A little girl at the pool gave me a strange look and then asked her daddy, “Why is she in […]
We topped off our Atlantic Beach vacation with a visit to “Willie’s Joint” and seeing Willie and the outlaws (Lucas Nelson, Alison Krauss and Bonnie Raitt) playing at the Walnut Creek Music Park in Raleigh. We got busted early on for changing our seats even though we stayed in the same section. At over $100 […]
