Florida Keys

Snorkeling! Finally! An underwater adventure was at the top of our “must do” list while in the Keys. For the past 7 weeks (can you believe we’ve been here for…

Just another week in paradise. Hard to believe we’ve been in the Keys for 6 weeks already! Last week began much as the previous one ended, on the beach at Bahia…

What do you do when you have a backyard full of Coconut Palms that produce pounds and pounds of coconuts every year? You eat a lot of coconut of course! While…

Another awesome Florida state park! I’m continually baffled as to why anyone would choose a cramped private park over a state park with large sites and scenic views. For a long term…

We’re back in Big Pine Key hanging in the driveway at my dad’s house for the week. Using Tim’s reservation website we managed to get a site at Bahia Honda State…

Just because we have a free driveway to park in doesn’t mean we need to stay there for two whole months. Right? Right. We always planned on breaking up our…

Ever since concluding my series of grilled recipes this past summer (Grilled Pizza, Grilled Cake Kabobs, Grilled Potato Salad) I’ve been trying to come up with another set of recipes…

One of my very favorite things about traveling around the country is discovering the local plants from each region. Since we’re spending an extended amount of time in one area this winter,…

We’ve only been in the Florida Keys for a little over a week, but considering all that we’ve done (and the amount of bug bites covering our bodies) it feels…