JACKSONVILLE in 36 HOURS – Part 1

My sister was wrong about Jacksonville. Wrong! Or… was that part of her plan all along? During a typical weekend spent with family, my little sister tells us to visit her in Jacksonville then often follows that comment by sighing then calling her city something unrepeatable. But after finally spending a weekend there, I’ve figured…

FLORIDA TO ALPINE, TX: ALL-DAY TRAVEL

On November 26, 2016 Pyra-Danny and Fiance Shoes got married. This is the second part of their honeymoon travels to southwest Texas: Big Bend National Park, Terlingua Ghost Town, Study Butte, Big Bend Ranch State Park, and Alpine, TX. Let’s get our marriage compatibility tested early by travelling to middle-of-nowhere Big Bend National Park where…

GIVING BACK TO TALLAHASSEE

We’d eaten, we’d drunk, we’d skipped like tree elves flitting through the trees. Alas, all vacations must come to an end; even vacations relatively close to home. Remember, a big storm had overturned Tallahassee a day before our arrival. Even as we raided multiple Tallahassee hot spots, the storm’s destruction was present at every turn….

THE TALLAHASSEE OUTDOORS

“Yes ma’am, the waterfall is in full force right now,” the grandmotherly voice said with all the calm patience she could muster. Nearby Tallahassee had just survived one of the biggest storms ever and it was still drizzling rain… of course the waterfall was running. During our random Tallahassee weekend we decided to escape the small…