The Homestead’s New Lazy River!
The heavenly Homestead just got a bit more heavenly. Man, were we lucky! We had planned our trip there a while back, not knowing how great the timing would ultimately be. The brand-new Lazy Rive...
A Very Natural Retreat
Here is a view so fabulous that even seven-year-olds took notice! No easy feat, mind you! Isn’t it gorgeous? Wow! Ah, Switzerland! But no, this is actually Lake Moomah in Bath County, righ...
"Reaching Middle Age: 16,425 days of living and lessons learned"
Woo hoo! Today my essay is in the Richmond Times Dispatch on the first page of the Flair Section. If you’d like to check it out, check on the link below. “Reaching Middle Age:16,425 ...
Semper Fi! The National Museum of the Marine Corps
Here is my latest article on the National Museum of the Marine Corps in the August issue of Richmond Parents Magazine. Click here to read: Semper Fi! The National Museum of the Marine Corps This mu...
An (Underwater) Room With a View
And oh what a view it was! When we were in the Cayman Islands a couple of weeks ago, we had a ride on a “semi-submersible.” That’s a fancy term for a regular ship with a deep hull ...
I Kissed a Stingray
Welcome to downtown Stingray City, a unique string of sandbars off the north coast of Grand Cayman Island. Yes, it’s another interesting “offshore” opportunity down there, but this...
One Iguana, Two Iguana, Three Iguana, Four
The Cayman Islands sure do have their share of iguanas. We saw our first few green ones before even leaving the airport. They are everywhere, even more common than squirrels, at least on Grand Cay...
Turtles, Turtles Everywhere
Sam and I are here in the Cayman Islands, “roughing it” if you will, all in the name of travel writing. Yesterday we went to the Cayman Islands Turtle Farm which is a really neat place a...