It takes 3 hours driving 45 mph (mostly) on a two-lane road to get there. Accommodation is extremely expensive – about 90% more than anywhere else we’ve paid to stay. The beach has less than ideal swimming conditions – extremely shallow and full of weeds. Kitschy tourist shops line the streets. Is visiting Key West […]
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In the early 2000s, my cousin moved to Miami Beach from Minnesota, which thrusted me into a Jimmy Buffet song. Everybody’s got a cousin in Miami / Everybody understands the impromptu / Dancing in the heat to the beat / That turns your clothing clammy / Everybody needs to have a dream come true. The first
Little Talbot Island State Park is 30 minutes east of Jacksonville on the Atlantic Ocean. Driving along A1A, I notice the flat road sloping upward slightly on each bridge, which are plentiful. Water is everywhere. I notice a policewoman standing in the middle of a bridge waving her arms at me. It takes me
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Before I left in July, I was committed to cooking on the road. I didn’t want to just live off almond butter sandwiches (although, I admit, I’ve had plenty!). I wanted to make delicious food wherever I was, with whatever I had available. Before we left Savannah, we stopped at the Farmer’s Market. In
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Savannah, Georgia caught me by surprise. I didn’t expect to fall in love with it, but that’s exactly what happened. When we drove into town, we headed straight for the visitor’s center. We’ve learned that visitor centers are great places to get our bearings: they have maps, bathrooms, drinking fountains, and of course information about
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Epitome of Bliss: Tunnel of Trees, Fountain, Biking, Hot Summer Day Charleston, South Carolina | Population: 130,000 Charleston was the first place I visited on this trip that had oppressively hot and humid weather. I had expected hot hot hot weather in Norfolk, Virginia or Greenville, North Carolina, but I missed it. Instead, those
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After hiking the Appalachian Trail for a week, we headed south to Asheville, North Carolina. I had been wanting to check out this cool city since we started planning our travels and now we were on our way! We decided to take the Blue Ridge Parkway to get there. It added a few hours
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The first man to ever thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (AT) gave the following advice to hikers: “You have to learn to live on the trail.” I don’t know if I would have fully understood this advice before hiking the AT for six days, but I definitely understand it better now. By our fifth and final
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On one of our last nights in Norfolk, Virginia, I went to the beach. Martin and I had gone to this beach a couple days before and discovered its beauty during the day. This time, we didn’t arrive to the beach until after 6:30 p.m. I had never been to a beach in the evening
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This park changed my life. On this trip, I’ve been visiting towns that I have vaguely heard of before, but never really realized why. Bar Harbor is one of those towns. I never really understood why people went to Bar Harbor, it was just a place that people visited. Now I know that Bar Harbor
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