I’ve been wanting to blog not just about traveling, but about my travel planning. I think I’ll start with our trip for this winter, since we’re at the early stages. We have a trip planned for January, to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. But with a pandemic going on, who knows if we’ll be able to … Read more
This northern section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia is more rural than wilderness and more populated. And still beautiful. Our last day on the parkway began with one last look at the amazing pink weeping cherry in front of the Pine Tavern Lodge. We tried to grow one of these and failed miserably. … Read more
This middle stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway spans North Carolina and Virginia. As you head north the mountains get less rugged and the valleys between them wider. Blowing Rock looked like a nice little town, from what we could see through the fog and with most of the businesses closed for the pandemic. Our … Read more
We tried to do the Blue Ridge Parkway back in 2013 and had to stop due to car trouble. So we’re back to try it again, once again starting from the southern, more rugged end. This is a beautiful stretch and a nice day’s drive with stops for lookouts, photos, and some hiking. Back in … Read more
St Augustine certainly didn’t make up for not visiting Spain, but it did make for a nice afternoon of wandering around, even though everything was closed. Our original plan B was to spend two weeks in Florida, one on gulf coast at Fort Myers Beach and one on the Atlantic coast split between Cocoa Beach … Read more
We had so much fun watching the local ospreys nesting in the tree next to our hotel in Fort Myers Beach! It looked like there were three nesting pairs in the area, with some attempted boundary crossing. More about Ft Myers Beach here More about our road trip to Ft Myers Beach and the Blue … Read more
Fort Myers Beach was the first place that came to mind when we thought of a road trip to somepace warm to replace our planned trip to Spain. We were here in 2007 and stayed at The Outrigger Beach Resort. That trip was an experiment to see if we could kind of replicate the all-inclusive … Read more
We thought Caye Caulker was laid back until we got to Placencia. Placencia is if anything even more sleepy than Caye Caulker. There seemed to be more tourist-oriented stores here. The crowd here trended older than the Caye Caulker, and the restaurants more mainstream. Day 1: Caye Caulker to Placencia Our trip to Placencia began … Read more
Our one outing from Caye Caulker was a full-day snorkel tour with Carlos Tours on a catamaran. I’d never been on a sailboat before and we wanted to try it. It was certainly quieter and more relaxing than a powerboat. Our first stop was at the coral gardens, where there were nice clumps of coral … Read more
We enjoyed Caye Caulker immensely. We spent the six days we were there in flip flops and swimsuits and while we had lots of great food, none of it was fussy or required dressing up, and it wasn’t hideously expensive. Day 1: Belize Zoo to Caye Caulker We began our trip to Caye Caulker by … Read more