Everything You Need To Know About Florida's Spiny Lobster Season

Everything You Need To Know About Florida's Spiny Lobster Season

Bug Hunting: Florida’s Mini-Season You take a big breath in, jackknife your body and dive down beneath the gently rolling waves. As you approach the seafloor, you spot it. Peeking...
Atlantic Crossing

Atlantic Crossing

THE PULL OF THE SEA Try to list as many words can you think of to describe the ocean, and your list may be quite large: sparkling, dazzling, mysterious, exhilarating...
The Awe and Adventure of Ballooning

The Awe and Adventure of Ballooning

Adventures in ballooning  By: Amanda Warehime Reaching the launch field in the dark, just an hour or so before dawn, there is a palpable feeling of restrained excitement. Thousands dressed...
Trip of a Lifetime Hiking Kilimanjaro With My Kids

Trip of a Lifetime Hiking Kilimanjaro With My Kids

A Dad, His kids and a summit One team. One fight. Closing in on 19,341 feet. We truly are, all in this together. The sun is softly rising over the...
The Old Man and a Sea

The Old Man and a Sea

What I learned fishing with my dad in the Galapagos 0.30.35° S, 89.43.64° W (just below the equator) The sand left in life’s hourglass was falling fast. Add in the...
29 Favorites about Key West.

29 Favorites about Key West.

For the “Leaplings” celebrating their actual birthday this year, here are our 29 favs about Key West. These are in no particular order, except the 1st one. The People. The...
Our Top 7 Spots to Enjoy a Cold Beer

Our Top 7 Spots to Enjoy a Cold Beer

Since the Bavarian monks perfected brewing about 1,000AD, global consumption of beer has grown to a little over 2 billion bottles per year. We’re interested in just one beer. And…that favorite...
Five Steps to Building the Perfect Rum Bar

Five Steps to Building the Perfect Rum Bar

Five Steps to Building the Perfect Rum Bar
Fishing With Dogs

Fishing With Dogs

I think I’m right here…most dogs love the water. Our Ella is the leader of that pack. A recent quiet Sunday morning, Grace and I decided to hit the beach...
"A Sunny Place for Shady People" The Green Parrot

"A Sunny Place for Shady People" The Green Parrot

From 4:00am to 10:00am...closed. The other 18 hours The Green Parrot is wide open and full of classic American saloon revelry! Their slogan, "A Sunny Place for Shady People", is “dead-on” for...
A jeep, a beach, a pooch and…

A jeep, a beach, a pooch and…

…some time to chill. Ever hit one of those moments where you just need to kick back by yourself a bit? And, as one beer slogan puts it - “find...
Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing

Every so often, you just need to hang the “gone fishing” sign on the front door and get the line wet. This time, brought my 90-year old Dad down for...