We've been following Hurricane Sandy pretty closely since we're on the East Coast (in an Airstream) now and scheduled to be around this area through Thursday. Seems like the worst we're supposed to have is today: a 30% chance of rain, and winds in the 20-30mph range. I've been getting…
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We got up early this morning and did some work and then headed out to do the Disney thing. We walked a couple loops over to catch the campground bus down to the main bus depot (about a mile away, at the entrance to the campground). From there we caught…
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I love this line of people waiting to take their photos with the “Southernmost Point” marker. (Click photo to enlarge.) But more than that, I love the story of this thing. This point in Key West was originally marked with a sign, but the sign kept getting stolen. The city…
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For lunch today we skipped down a few keys to Cudjoe Key and grabbed some sandwiches at The Square Grouper. Great lunch! When we came back outside it had started raining (the as-promised-afternoon-thunderstorm). Silvery palm in the parking lot (but I don't think it's an official "Silver Palm" like in…
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Yesterday and today are not the kinds of days I'd usually blog about, because (1) we didn't do anything very exciting, (2) we didn't go anywhere cool, and (3) there was nothing to take pictures of that I haven't already shown you. But I'm going to blog about it anyway,…
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Yesterday we'd planned to go sailing with Craig, but the weather didn't cooperate. We all did a little work (while the thunder roared) and then headed to Calle Ocho/Little Havana for some Cuban food at Versailles Restaurant. According to their website: Versailles Restaurant, The World’s Most Famous Cuban Restaurant, has been…
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(Posted by Kevin) You may wonder why we're here – in Miami, Florida – just about the farthest place in the U.S. from our home base of Portland Oregon. Nope, we're not snowbirds. And, if we were, this would be way too early to be leaving a place with Octobers…
7 CommentsBillboards we saw today on the Florida Turnpike: LawyersSell Your RV Right from your CampsiteX-Mart Adult SuperstoreMany, many, MANY "Don't kill your baby" signsMedieval TimesGun World More LawyersDisneyMarines Animals we've seen since Texas: One Armadillo (dead)Two wild pigsCowsHorsesLlamasRaccoonsOne water snake (probably a cottonmouth)Crabs (Ghost, Hermit)Heron, buzzards, hawks, gulls, pelicans etc. FishTurkeysTwo…
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There's a lot of animal action here on the Guadalupe River. While I'm working at the dinette I'm frequently Googling things like: "duck with red face and beak" "night fishing on the Guadalupe River" "frog gigging" "snakes in the Guadalupe River" I've learned that most of the very large ducks…
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We stopped to get gas on the way from Austin to New Braunfels the other day, and Kevin says to me as he's getting out of the car: "I'll pump the gas, you check us in" [on Facebook]. Me: "Um, dude? It's a gas station. I'm not going to check us…
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