The Natchez Trace National Parkway is the most pleasant and peaceful road I’ve driven. There are no billboards, no trucks, very little traffic, and the speed limit is only 50 mph. The Trace is a 440 mile forest lined road running between Natchez Mississippi and Nashville Tennessee. I’m now just north of Tupelo Mississippi, the birthplace…
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To Hell You Ride
While driving up the road into the box canyon that cradles the town of Telluride, memories came streaming back from 19 years ago when I bicycled into this town. Barely finishing that day in 1997, I was totally exhausted, arriving in a state of glucose deprivation. I was on a bicycle tour in the San…
Rainbow River
Rainbow Springs produces 490,000,000 gallons of water a day to form the Rainbow River. The Rainbow River joins with the Withlachoochee River which then flows out to the Gulf of Mexico. The Rainbow Springs Basin encompasses over 700 square miles from Dunnellon north to almost Gainesville, and east almost to Ocala. Some of the rain…
It’s a Cat’s Life
The cats are relaxing with me on a sunny quiet afternoon in Fort De Soto Park. Fort De Soto Park is located at the very southern tip of the Pinellas Peninsula. On the west side of the peninsula is the Gulf of Mexico. The harbor entrance to Tampa Bay is to the south, and on…
Maiden Voyage of the Sunwapta
We embarked on the maiden voyage of the Sunwapta. Captain Paso Robles and Executive Officer Mountain Lioness are leading the first expedition. Captain Robles and XO Mountain Lioness successfully guided the vessel to our first destination. As first mate, they assigned me as the ships’s cook and to latrine duty. All is well as we…