Greater Good Music, Art and Children Festival
Located in the Blackwater State Forest at the spacious and secludedatural environment of Adventures Unlimited,orth of Milton, Florida. GGMAC is a family-friendly festival with children’s activities, yoga classes, and vendor booths offering both beautiful art and...
Event: Greater Good Music, Art and Children Festival
Located in the Blackwater State Forest at the spacious and secluded natural environment of Adventures Unlimited, north of Milton, Florida. GGMAC is a family-friendly festival with children's activities, yoga classes, and vendor booths offering both beautiful art and...
Will the third time be a charm? The RV saga continues…
Note the Duct Tape on the vent and the blue interior, both of which will be the first to goAfter the New Orleans debacle and the Orlando scheister we were still undeterred from realizing our RV dream. We had a trip coming up to South Florida and wanted to be able to...
Will the third time be a charm? The RV saga continues…
After the New Orleans debacle and the Orlando scheister we were still undeterred from realizing our RV dream. We had a trip coming up to South Florida and wanted to be able to do it in comfort and style so we were in a bit of a hurry now to find one. I once again...
RV Dream still wrecked.
After that harrowing experience in New Orleans, that took a time off my life for sure, we had thought that our dreams for a motorhome were extinguished. Instead, what it did for us, is help us figure out what we reallyeeded.We had chose the Safari Trek because it...
RV Dream turns to Nightmare: part 2
Okay, so there I was 3 hours from home, at 3:30 a.m., freezing, in a part of a city that I am unfamiliar with, I haveo transportation ando place to sleep.So first thing Ieeded was a hotel room to crash, but where was I? Luckily my phone wasow charged and it had GPS. I...
RV Dream turns to Nightmare: part 1
Lost Sole #401 was discovered during my layover in Mobile at the Greyhound Bus Station while I was getting some fresh air. The photo below it is of the Trek that almost caused me to die from stress overload. It is hard to look at the pic as I had such high hopes for...
Destination: St George Island, Florida
The St. George lighthouse was relocated from the West End of the Island where it had collapsed from hurricanes in 2005. The locals gathered all of the bricks, and using the original plans rebuilt the lighthouse where itow stands in the center of the island activity.As...
The Year in Review: 2010
2010: The year of the Oil Spill. This Lost Sole became a source of a lot of attention for the One Shoe Diaries. It helped get over 30,000 hits in one weekend when I got featured on CNN.com because of this photo.This bittersweet year was full of memorable events for...
Lost Sole Dedication: Epic Bob falls victim to life
Lost Sole #400 is dedicated in memory of Bob Quarles, center of photo. I had been looking forward to hitting 400, butot this way. Just another way Bob does it bigger. This Lost Sole was sent to me by a friend of a friend, Andrew Cruse, who discovered it the day after...
Destination: Nav-A-Gator, Lake Suzy, FL
The sign says it all outside the Nav-A-Gator.Tucked away from the Snowbird and Tourist spotlight is a little piece of “Old Florida” known as the Nav-A-Gator Bar and Restaurant. It seems as if it might be almost just the way it was when it opened in the...
Restaurant: Nav-A-Gator, Lake Suzy, FL
Tucked away from the Snowbird and Tourist spotlight is a little piece of “Old Florida” known as the Nav-A-Gator Bar and Restaurant. It seems as if it might be almost just the way it was when it opened in the 50s. The walls and property are littered with eclectic memorabilia and what some may call junk, but it creates an atmosphere of a place that time forgot.
Thanksgiving 2010 Road Trip
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A Journey unfullfilled, Lost Sole #387 Dedication
A couple of days ago I awoke to horrible news. A 66 year old Pensacola native, Roger Grooters, had undertaken a 3200 mile journey traversing the United States on his bike to help raise awareness and money for victims of the BP oil spill. He had made it all the way...
Lost Sole #405
Another Lost Sole Dedication, this time to a canine
Before we even moved into our present location we met the neighbor across the street, Chip. Although I guess he is not technically a neighbor as he owns the sign business but does not actually live on the premises. Or should I say he doesn't sleep there as he is there...
Signs of Serial Killings on the Highways (USA Today Article)
By Blake Morrison, USA TODAY - October 5, 2010 A passerby found the severed head on Feb. 10, wrapped in two plastic bags and stuffed inside a backpack in Barstow, Calif. Authorities still haven't identified the victim or her killer, but the circumstances point in a...
Aote from Noah?
As you know Sharon’sanny passed away recently. One of the things that most affected Nanny when she was alive was when we lost Noah. She, along with Glenda and Bump raced down here from Maryland to be at our side. Nanny had been looking forward to Noah’s...
A note from Noah?
As you know Sharon’s nanny passed away recently. One of the things that most affected Nanny when she was alive was when we lost Noah. She, along with Glenda and Bump raced down here from Maryland to be at our side. Nanny had been looking forward to Noah’s birth with such excitement that she was devastated when she learned of his passing. She kept a photo by her bed of him from then on.
Lost Sole Dedication #244: good bye Nanny
The sweetest woman in the world. We always felt this photo captured her soulToday I lost a grandmother. Not my blood relative grandmother, but my grandmotheronetheless. Pauline Jessie Conner, affectionately known as Nanny, was Sharon’s grandmother and our Nora...
Collector of Lost Stuff and Lost Soles #383 and #384
On our way home from Maryland, Sharon and I passed a gentlemen on the shoulder of I-65, outside of Montgomery, AL, pulling a shopping cart overflowing with items that can only be described as “stuff”. I mentioned to Sharon regarding our current situation...
Destination: Ocean City, MD
A light crowd on the Ocean City Boardwalk.This is a beach town I have visited several times before and really enjoyed it. It has a totally different pace than Pensacola Beach, TOTALLY! Now that can be good or bad, depending on what you are looking for. Ocean City...
Nora Turns 1: A year in pictures
HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY NORA! Noraot too sure about this chocolate thing yet. I am sure that will change.Every parent says it, “I cannot believe it has been a year already!” and they also say, “look how big she has gotten!” I think both things as I...
Destination: Pocomoke City, MD
Along the Pocomoke River in Pocomoke City, MDAfter hanging in Deal Island for a few days doing pretty muchothing, we were stir crazy and ventured out to the small historic town of Pocomoke City just 30 minutes away.It is definitely small, but full of charm. An old...
Road Trip 2012, A National Park Odyssey
16 National Parks, 18 States, and 6,588 miles and Countless Hours of Driving.This was a shot stolen off the internet, mine will have a lost hiker's boot in it *LOL*That is what a journey we are dreaming of undertaking will entail. A journey that will take us across...