Really missing getting out on the water. Between having rather nasty weather lately and dealing with having a cold it's been weeks since going kayaking. Hopefully this weekend we'll have good weather and no cold symptoms. We are planning on going kayaking to see the manatees staying warm in FPL's (local electric power [...]
With the cooler weather that winter brings to South Florida we find ourselves bike riding a lot more. Unfortunately this also means that it is getting dark at 5:30 in the afternoon. Our bikes' headlights had seen their better days and were never really bright enough so we went over to our local bike [...]
Using a cell phone when out on the water just isn't reliable enough, especially in the more remote areas, so we bought a couple of VHF radios. Looked at quite a few brands. Being waterproof was a must and floating if dropped in the water was also an important criteria. Finally settled on [...]
After weeks of non stop rain plus a brush from hurricane Sandy we are finally having beautiful weather again. The ocean is still full of silt after a brush from hurricane Sandy so no snorkeling until things have cleared up but the winds have died down and the sky has turned blue again. [...]
I've lived in Florida for most of my life and don't ever remember a year that it has rained this much. Normally summer is when we do most of our snorkeling as the ocean tends to be the calmest in the summer. This year we have had about the average amount of calm [...]