We started the day at The Pour, again. It was beautiful outside so we sat on the patio soaking up the sun. Our primary activitiy today was kayaking. Powell Lake was about 45 minutes west and seemed like a good choice. Powell Lake is defined as a coastal dune lake. It’s fresh water but at…
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Settling in to a routine at PCB
Our favorite local activities. We woke up to a beautiful morning, We headed to our new favorite PCB coffee shop, The Pour. But first we had to drive by Parlor Donuts to get there. For days we had been unable pass the donut shop without stopping. But today we wanted breakfast at The Pour so…
Sunset cruise
A three TWO hour tour When planning this trip and scouting interesting activities, I found a number of boat cruises and excursion. I settled on Island Time Sailing. They promised dolphins as well. So two weeks before our trip I did my due diligence and checked the weather. Rain on and off was predicted for…
Monday at PCB
No, not that PCB. We noticed almost immediately upon our arrival that the locals referred to the town as PCB. This took a little getting used to because I remember in my younger days PCB’s (polychlorinated biphenyls) had a bad reputation. In Florida, it means something much better. Today we discovered Parlor Doughnuts-again, at Panama…
I like Traffic jams
The band, not on the interstate A bad 60’s music reference aside, the best description for the second leg to Panama City Beach would be traffic, coffee, traffic, coffee, then more traffic. I-65 was bumper-to-bumper at 80 mph. It reminded me of the old adage,”Either lead, follow, or get out of the way”. When traveling…
Nashville-Day 2
We had three events scheduled for Friday: a tour, a visit to the farmers market, and a show at the Opry Our walking tour started at 9:00am. I found this tour online and even though I wasn’t sure about it, it had great reviews. Nashville Underground Donut Tour. Really, who walks around downtown Nashville looking…
Heading to Panama City Beach
But first, Nashville We thought it best to break up our trip to Florida but an overnight stay in Nashville. We’ve done this before and it always seemed to work out. Starting out we needed some early caffeine. So we stopped at The Union Coffee and Ice Cream shop in Downs, IL. I think if…
Beaming to Milwaukee
William Shatner was coming to Milwaukee WI in March so we jumped at the chance to see him. He’s 91, just went to space, and is a cultural icon. We’d seen his Shatner’s World show in 2019 and it was a two hours of great stories. On our drive through Wisconsin, we decided coffee was…
Spirit Lake Iowa-2022
Big Spirit Lake is part of the Iowa Great Lakes (see post) so we thought we would give it a try. However we woke up to 20 mph gusts- not ideal for paddling on such a big lake. So we opted to catch breakfast first the Breakfast Barn in Spirit Lake. Great classic breakfast, omelets,…
Black Hawk Lake Iowa-2022
Today’s destination was about one hour from our Airbnb. Lake View, Iowa. We stopped at Miltons on Main coffee shop and restaurant in Lake View. We had a couple of breakfast sandwiches and the house coffee and looked over the rest of the day’s plan. We thought we’d paddle first then try the bike trails…