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…
It doesn’t often get “cold” in Florida, thankfully. But when the weather gets cooler, Blue Spring State Park is the place to go. You see, when temperatures dip, manatees look for warmer waters and head to the always 73 degree water of Blue Spring State Park. It’s amazing to walk into the park and just…
My husband’s birthday weekend continued on Martin Luther King Junior day because the whole family had the day off together. It’s a rare event that we are all off at the same time. We decided to venture out into nature and check out one of my favorite places, Gemini Springs Park. I had to go…
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,…
I don’t think I was put on this earth to camp. I mean, I can do it and actually don’t mind it. And by camping I mean I sleep in a tent, use a real bathroom and have access to food cooked for me. We camped for one night with the Cub Scouts- and that…
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…
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…
I love the beach. The sand between my toes, the sound of the waves crashing to shore, the smell of salt in the air. It’s my go to happy place. I don’t consider a vacation a real vacation unless there is a beach involved. But it also has to have a pool as I will…
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…
It is quite ironic that most of my friends up north say they never want to move to Florida because they are scared of hurricanes. Yet, the bulls eye of Sandy is now positioned on the NY, PA, DC area of the United States. Living here in Florida for the last 13 years, I’ve dealt…