Marco Island Owls

Marco Island Owls

It’s one of our favorite things to do in Marco Island, “Owl Spotting.” Marco Island is home to the Athene cunicularia floridana, or Florida burrowing owl. The owls dig burrows and is the only owl species that nests underground. You can spot them all over vacant lots around the island.  They stand on little man-made…

Biking in Celebration, Florida.

Biking through Celebration

I used to work in Celebration, Florida.  I realized today that was about 14-15 years ago.  How did that happen?  I remember going rollerblading a few times while I worked there, but I didn’t have a bike back then. One of my blogger friends Kelly has been blogging a lot lately about biking around Celebration,…

Vero Beach's Historic Jungle Trail. More at http://mrsjennifercook.om

Biking Vero Beach’s Jungle Trail

We love staying out at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.  (More to come on that in a later blog…)  We have been there a number of times and it’s just about the perfect vacation spot.  It’s about a two hour drive from Orlando, close enough but not too close.  This time, I figured I would bring…

Sunday Morning Bike Adventure

I don’t know if it’s the crappy weather outside, but this morning’s bike ride was quite the adventure! It’s nice and overcast, and there were a few sprinkles along the way.  But nothing too bad…although the wind is getting pretty fierce out there! I’ve mentioned it before, but the area behind my house is some…

Biking in the woods

I was in desperate need of some ‘me’ time today – it’s been a rough day.  So I managed to escape with my bike for an hour an enjoy this nice fall Florida day. I hit the rural area behind my subdivision and just rode…and rode.  And I decided to go on my adventure through…