Departure From Founders Park   Three months after her promised delivery date, Fishabout finally made her first real run, an extended trip into...

The Idea That Floated   This isn’t exactly where the story starts nor where it ends.   Mike Burgreen and I had been running outfitted camping trips in...

We weren’t out there gambling. We knew the place, we knew the risks, and we ran great trips because we respected both. But out there, no matter how...

  The Legend of Leafy Way   It was the late 1960s, and like so many places, Coconut Grove had lost something it would never get back. We...

Gamble Rogers State Park   Located just south of Flagler Beach, Gamble Rogers State Park is one of Florida’s few non-private beachside...

  Skir Dhu. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia   Cape Breton had been on our bucket list for years; a place of rugged coastlines, lighthouses, winding...

  A Week in a Lighthouse – Sitka, Alaska   After a visit with our daughter, Eliza Leigh, in Ketchikan, she joined us for a week in Sitka, where...

Anastasia State Park     Anastasia State Park wasn’t on our shortlist, but we managed to snag a site spur of the moment, and we knew we had...