A Celebration of Mundanity

(submitted this entry prior to detailed entries written) Four days camping in the Dry Tortugas was absolutely amazing! The snorkeling unbelievable! Bringing an underwater housing for the camera has…

A real shower and a decent night of sleep in a reasonable bed and I feel refreshed. Mark is off to the start of his conference and I'm easing myself into the day with a room service breakfast on the…

Our last day here and we are taking it easy. A "cold" front has moved through and it's cloudy and windy. Meaning we decided not to go snorkeling today because the wind has whipped up the waves and…

Our best investment for this trip was the $5 solar camp shower. We slept so much more soundly last night after being able to wash away that sticky film of salt water. It's a black heavy plastic water…

We shifted to a different camp site, yes, it's only a difference of a couple of yards, but we moved to one that is sheltered by the trees and vegetation. It became quite windy during the night and…

You can only get to the Dry Tortugas by boat, and we used the ferry service. It was a day of clear skies and calm seas for the two and a half hour trip to those islands 70 miles west of the Keys into…

We flew into Miami around eleven in the morning, made it to the car rental, hopped into the convertible with the top down and immediately set out for Key West. We weren't sure how long a drive it was…

Happy 2nd Birthday to the nephew of my chosen family, James!! Yours was the most memorable birth day I have ever been a part of. You're 2 already!

Thanksgiving was wonderful this year. We kept a fire burning all day, shared good company, conversation and of course the wine. Despite finding out a day before that there would be 12 for dinner…

I went to my first hash this weekend with the Pgh Hash House Harriers. I figured since it was Tommy's hosted hash, this would be a good one to start with, plus I brought Judith along so I wouldn't be…