Sarasota – Beyond the Beaches
Text by Jeff and Stephanie Sylva
Kayaking the mangrove tunnels
Located 60 miles south of Tampa on Florida’s West Coast, Sarasota and her string of 8 islands boast some of the best beaches not only in Florida, but in the whole U.S. Siesta Beach, Sarasota’s most famous beach, has been ranked #1 on numerous occasions, including Dr. Beach in 2017 and Trip Advisor’s Traveler’s Choice in 2015 and 2017.…
The Next Chapter – One.
Well, I finally did it. I moved the RV to a park not too far away in Dripping Springs by the name of Henly RV Park where I have an up to 6 month reservation. More if I want it. I completed the desk remodelling project and decided it was time to make the move. This gives me time to go about the business of closing the house and putting it up for sale before I start to travel. I plan on spending…
Hiking in Mount Diablo State Park was one of the goals for last year. So on an early foggy morning we made the drive down to the park and bundled up and hiked the Eagle Peak Trail. While the views along the trail were gorgeous, the view from the top of the peak was a bit hard to see with all the fog. But we did complete the over 2000 foot elevation gain in the seven miles and I was able to check this off my goals list. I loved seeing all the frost on the leaves lining the trail in the early morning and the bits of fog still lingering in the valley.
ok so weird story
back when people actually took vacations me and my family were driving through the backroads of some national or state park, and by backroads I mean backroads–you know, the probably-gravel kind that just keep going deeper and deeper into the forest until you have no internet connection on your phone and all you can hear is birds and wind in the trees and you feel like you’re hundreds of miles away from civilization and wondering if you’ll see a bear. that kind. so we were deep into the backroads and we saw a power line running through the trees. and we were like, what? why is there a power line here? and we kept driving, and kept seeing the power line looping through the trees, and finally we saw where the power line ended, and
it was connected to
a vending machine
there was literally a vending machine out in the middle of nowhere, I think it was next to one of those little bathroom buildings but I don’t remember, it may have had its own little concrete thing, I don’t know, all I remember is that someone had strung a power line all the way out through miles of forest just to connect to one (1) vending machine.
I still think about it sometimes.
Corona Cowgirls – a quarantine series.
Collaboration between Klara Ingersoll (cowgirls) & Sarah Osgood, formerly a Park Ranger at Arches National Park (backdrops)
Pictured in backdrops of Utah’s protected lands – Arches, Grand Staircase Escalante which have been threatened by the Trump Administration.
With our busy schedules, getting out for a hike in January can be difficult. This week we talk about how we take the time to fit in our passion and go for a hike!
The 52-hike challenge has just begun. This time of year can be hard to get out and hike. This week has been all about planning and making a commitment to stick to our goals. Don’t let life make your passions feel like a chore. So how do we do it? We started the week off thinking about what we needed to accomplish for the week. Taking a few minutes to really assess our needs for the week helped us…
Check out this cool spot located on the shore of Lake Ontario, abandoned in the 90s this spot remains some what intact 30 years later! #abandondednewyork
Taking a 20 minute drive to Sodus, NY from Chimney Bluffs, you can have a unique opportunity to check out the abandoned Girl Scout Camp and her structures at Beechwood state park. The camp is a former girl scout camp from the 90’s that was later left and forgotten by the town for a while. Recently the town has increased security and opened the park for camping on lake Ontario.
We weren’t able to…
