I wanted to call this, “Beach Bum Banjo,” but she hasn’t been able to lie around on the beach here. There are too many dogs on the small beach at the RV park, and so many of them are off leash in and out of the water, Still, Banjo has her daily routine that she […]
Month: January 2021
A Day of Firsts: Swimming in My Clothes and Walking into a Jam Session
My first first today was something other than these. This morning I was standing where I always stand to get two bars of reception on my phone—near the pickle ball courts (I still don’t know what that is)—talking with my friend Lucy. I was also watching a small group of women learn how to line […]
A Low-tide Walk
Yesterday the tide was so low around the lagoon-end of the key that, instead of kayaking, we decided to just walk around in the water and see what was afoot. These pictures are lame because a) my camera was in a plastic bag so I wouldn’t drop it in the salt water, b) it takes […]
Day to Day in Paradise
I was going to lay off posting for a while because we have three more weeks here and we’re settling into a slow routine that’s not exciting, not blog-worthy. But last night I spoke with my friend Susan who complained about her cold weather, and yesterday Toby said on Instagram that he has Keys envy, […]
All the Greens (and So Many Blues)
We’re at about the midpoint in our six weeks in the Keys. I’m getting a feel for what this place is like compared to my expectations and what we can and can’t do. Mostly I’m working on enjoying what I can do. We made these reservations back in April when we were stuck at our […]
The Dualities of Key West
Yesterday we drove down to Key West, parked near the cemetery in the middle of the Key that’s called, Old Town, and biked around for the day. If you know how naive I am, you won’t be surprised that it was quite an eye-opening experience for me. I don’t know why I thought Key West was […]
To Sell or Not To Sell My Kayak
Warning: This is more a long-winded, navel-gazing confession than a post about living on the road. But, if you’re in for the whole thing, maybe there’s something about full-time living on the road in here, too. My Kayak Beginnings Last year at about this time, we were frantically trying to anticipate a life on the […]
Come Tour the RVs at Sunshine Key
Hi there! Come along with me as I walk through the RV park here at Sunshine Key. I’ll show you around. We have 400 campsites here! So there’s lots for us to ogle as we walk along the rows and imagine life in all these RVs. The Fancy Ones All RV parks in the Keys […]
Banjo, Don’t Step on That!
I’ve written here earlier that we’re on a small key that’s been developed almost entirely into our RV park. Our trailer is about where the circle is. There’s a bit of wild land on the other side of the highway that we can walk to under the bridge (see my clever hand-drawn arrow). It’s weird […]
To Stream or Not to Stream
Here’s another technology post about a topic about which I’m in over my head, but here goes anyway. It’s part of full-time RV living that may seem strange to the uninitiated. We camp to get away from the world, right? So why do we work so hard—buying gadgets and tracking data use—to stay connected? I’m […]
