RAINY LAST DAY IN ALPINE, TX

This is how to frustrate two Floridians quickly- have the weather turn cold and wet. We all don’t have this healthy, brown glow from staying indoors. Until today, the weather in Southwest Texas was cooperative. The skies were blue when we hiked, dried as we canoed, and clear as we searched for stars. But as…

BIG BEND: BIG SCENERY

The smart thing to do would’ve been to wake up at sunrise in order to maximize our time at Big Bend. But… leave the comfy bed so soon? And come on… it was our honeymoon! So our lazy yet clever selves decided we’d visit one of the furthest areas of the park first. Then we’d…

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…