Today after we dropped our truck off at the local Ford dealer (it should be fixed by tomorrow!) and got our rental car for five dollars a day, we headed off to check out the Buffalo Trace Distillery. We went on the distillery tour and it was interesting and informative.…
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This morning (after kayaking with manatees!!!) we headed down to Bahia Honda State Park (another 20 minute drive further down the Keys). Here's our new campsite/office location: Here are a few shots from the drive down. This is Pigeon Key: Both new and old Seven Mile Bridge with Pigeon Key in the…
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We drove a whoppin' 20 minutes today from Long Key State Park to Curry Hammock State Park. Right before I took this photo I saw a huge green sea turtle just RIGHT THERE swimming in the water. Super cool. We passed it before I realized what I was seeing and…
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As long as we've been on the road, we're still occasionally finding places that we think "I could stay much longer in this place." The Florida Panhandle is one of those places. I thought I'd show you a few of the houses here on the gulf coast, in case you…
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This afternoon we went for a nice hike up in the wilderness area of St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. (You do need a permit to get into this area, but they just give 'em out at the park office free.) We parked and took the path over to the bay…
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After work and just before sunset yesterday we headed out to see the beach. Whoa. And before you tell me: I know. I took too many photos of the sunset. Whatever. There were about 20 more, even, that I'm not posting. You're welcome. 🙂 Shadow self portrait: Wet white sand:…
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We bought some local Wrights of Texas fresh green salsa when we were shopping at Whole Foods last week, and whoa it's a bit addictive. See the jar? Notice that it's empty? The whole jar. Gone in about 5 days. Must get more before we leave San Antonio. I just…
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Kevin's mom made us her special chicken fried steak today for lunch/dinner. So good! (Thank you again Shirley!) Here she is in action (the secret is in the double dip, apparently). Oh, "secret." So don't tell. An action shot:
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This morning (okay, well, closer to afternoon) after we got some work done we met up with Shirley & Bob (Kevin's mom and her husband) for some lunch and then headed out to explore a little Texas Hill Country. We'd read about the Garrison Brothers Distillery in Hye, TX and…
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Last night we had Leigh and Brian over to our HOUSE for dinner. (We're home for a bit, and they're in Portland this week.) I made some watermelon gazpacho for our first course and Leigh asked if I'd post the recipe as a comment to her nice blog post this…
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