While visiting my friends in New Jersey, I decided to take a trip over the Hudson River to explore New York City, or specifically Manhattan, for a day. The train trip was only about two hours in each direction, and it had been years since I’d been there. The city has a certain atmosphere about it that’s just fun to be a part of, although like many people, I think it’s a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want to…
I’m just going to say from the start that I’ve never read Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, and I’ve never seen the movie either, since both were well before my time, but I’ve known about them all my life. The story is apparently a semi-fictional account of two orphan children raising a wild pony foal, but the real fun of it all is that there really are wild ponies on Chincoteague Island. Or, to be more precise, they’re on…
I have plans in the northeast, so eventually had to leave the warm, but completely artificial, environment of Orlando, and start driving again. If you’ve been following me for long, you may remember that months ago I did an accidental tour of the Great Lakes, touching on each of them in my travels. I seem to have done something similar this time, taking an accidental tour of the beaches of the east coast. When you think of beaches in the…
In my last post I mentioned breaking a toe while I was on Amelia Island. After another night of bumping it on absolutely everything in my truck, I gave up and decided to splurge on a couple of nights in a hotel to let it heal a bit. Orlando was only a few hours away, and you often find inexpensive hotels in resort towns, so I decided to go there. But here’s the problem with being in Orlando with a…
A couple of days into the new year I was finally able to book at campsite on Amelia Island on the Florida coast, so drove down one sunny morning. The first thing I did when I got there was to go to the beach. I don’t really consider myself a beach person, but this place could convert me. It always seems deserted, peaceful, pristine, and beautiful. I spent the afternoon walking for miles along the sand, and collecting shells. The…