Category: Lost
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The Perfect Paddle
For “work” today I was tasked with helping lead a group of visitors on a canoe trip down the Turner River. Spend a day peacefully paddling through some of God’s most beautiful creations? It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it… And was it ever the perfect day for a trip down the…
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Let’s Trawl Y’all!
Today I was lucky enough to get to spend a beautiful day out on a boat cruising around the Ten Thousand Islands of southwest Florida. Though it was fabulous, it wasn’t all fun and games. In fact, this is what some people call work.. Right… We joined a crew from a neighboring state park, Rookery…
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Life’s a Beach
We had the day off yesterday – and it was my half birthday (!) – so we celebrated in style by taking our first trip to the beach! And it was magnificent… We feel so very blessed to be able to lounge on a beach in the middle of December. Naples and Marco Island are…
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Full Moon Bike Ride Fiasco
This past Saturday, the night of the full moon, we joined some of the other Big Cypress volunteers and staff for a bike ride at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park. Our lovely neighbors, Mary and Gary, had organized the excursion so that we could enjoy the scenic beauty of the Everglades through the evening…
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Sunday Everyday
We’ve been settling in nicely to our new home in Florida. Big Cypress National Preserve could not be more beautiful with it’s wealth of amazing wildlife, some of which I’m slowly learning to appreciate rather than fear. And all the people we’ve met have been friendly and interesting characters. Then there’s the weather, which is…
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Weekend Wandering
When the sun finally came out on Sunday, we took advantage of the opportunity to explore our homestead – Greenbelt Park – since I hadn’t had much time during daylight hours to take in the beauty of it. So we bundled up in the chilly whether and headed out for a hike. In German, the…
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A Day of Merriment
Upon the end of last fortnight, Lord Andrew and Lady Courtney took a sojourn from ruling the Kingdom of Greenbelt, abandoned the rolling palace, and ventured to the grand world of merriment that is the Renaissance festival. ‘Tis a cheery fest filled with subjects of all sorts and delicacies of yore, such as hush puppies (ah, a…
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Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in
I just had the most amazing weekend in New York City. And no, it did not involve the trailer – it was my last big hurrah of trailer-free living – move in happens this week! It did, however, involve adventures with three of the most wonderful people I know in one of the world’s…
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The Beginning
I am beginning my venture into the world of blogging at a fitting crossroads in my life. At 24, I am young enough to still have my whole life ahead of me and old enough to realize that the days, weeks, months, and years pass by in a flash, so I’d better make the most…
The Small Wanders 