Exploring the American Landscape From Our Airstream
Our very long, very hot pandemic summer has not inspired me to take many photos. At most, I’ve taken random iPhone shots in the course of our very repetitive outdoor activities. Blog followers know that publishing activity is way down around here. In an effort to find out if my camera still works and to … Read more Postcard from Apalachicola
We’ve been here for months working on our future house, and it’s finally time to talk about construction, y’all! That’s mostly because we finally have photos of something other than an empty lot to share. We lived in Florida for years but never this close to the coast, so coastal construction has been an education … Read more Beginners Begin Coastal Construction
It was unbelievably hot, it was incredibly humid, and it rained a lot. We really enjoyed it. Diligent readers will know that we made the decision the remain in the Florida panhandle for the remainder of 2020, giving up on the dream of spending the summer at the Great Lakes in order to minimize our … Read more A Short Sojourn at Three Rivers State Park
We did not move into our Airstream because we love being confined to a 25 foot metal tube and spending extended periods of time in private RV parks, but a global pandemic has a way of forcing people into situations that are less than optimal. When Florida state parks closed back in March, pushing us … Read more Deciding to Stay Put for the Remainder of 2020
As we hunker down on the Forgotten Coast, our main outdoor activity is walking on St. George Island. Since the beaches remain closed, we walk on the paved multi-use path that runs parallel to the main road for six miles from the state park through the core residential and commercial area of the island. We … Read more Postcard from St. George: Eclectic Architecture