Happy Father’s Day from Curry Hammock State Park

A warm breeze, sea oats rustling in the wind and sounds from the beach greet us this morning.  It is a lovely, sunny Father’s Day.  Jim is spending it lazing away, just the way it should be.   We spent the morning drinking coffee and eating my famous Crescent cinnamon rolls (Jim’s favorite.)  Outside of…

Long Key State Park

We arrived at Long Key State Park mid afternoon on Tuesday.  Today is Friday and I’m wishing I never had to leave this park.  It is truly amazing.  Our camper butts right up to the water.  The water  is shallow for yards and yards out.  It is warm and clear and underneath is a world…

Attention Getters

Recumbents are not the norm on the trail we ride near our home, so we are used to being stared at.  But on this beautiful day several months ago we got a little extra attention. We ride the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenways Trail, a 5 mile, 3 looped trail behind our house.   Jim and…

Riding the Silver Comet Trail – Georgia

Spring Break  Teachers everywhere live for the time when they can pack the books away and take a break from the rigors of preparing for state mandated assessments.  At least this is true for  two teachers I know of, myself and Jim.  We were just discussing what the “So, what did YOU do over the break?” feedback will be when we…

New Trike

I did it!  Jim has brought me over to the dark side.  It has taken a year, but I finally had to agree that a recumbent trike is much more fun to ride than my regular bike (and even it wasn’t so regular.)  I went to Hampton’s Edge Bike Shop in Floral City and bought…

Fanning Springs to Cross City Ride

[slideshow]On the spur of the moment we decided to take a ride to the Fanning Springs Nature Coast Trail.  We missed the trailhead in Chiefland but found parking near Fanning Springs.  We found out we could go one direction toward Trenton or the other direction toward Cross City.  The decision was easy since going toward Cross City…