Travel is a priority for our family. We simply love seeing new places, eating regional food, and challenging ourselves to explore and grow. We sacrifice other expenses to constantly save money for the next vacation. It’s no surprise, after hundreds of trips in the past decade, that we have a ‘way’ of travel planning....
Read more →I often forget about Inniswood Metro Gardens in Westerville, Ohio. The park is a little out of the way and the highly stylized gardens are more formal than I prefer. So when a friend and I took seven kids to Innis last week, I was pleasantly surprised to explore the relatively new – and...
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One sunny day this week, our family and two friends took a hike at Highbanks Metro Park to stretch our legs and spy on the eagle’s nest. Little did we know what else we would find. We observed the Ohio state wildflower, bird, tree, mammal, the United States national bird and Ben Franklin’s national...
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Images from an afternoon at Stratford Ecological Center March 26, 2012. 1) baby lamb 2) chicken coop 3) hens protecting eggs 4) u-pick greenhouse 5) giving garden sign 6) goats and cows 7) Rachel and sheep pen 8 ) Lil petting cat 9) cernal pool 10) mayapple 11) spring beauty
We made our own salt from San Salvador, Bahamas sea water. This statement usually elicits one of two responses. 1) “Wow! Awesome!” 2) “Why? It’s only like $1 a pound at the store!” We, of course, are of the “Wow, Awesome” mindset. But to answer the why: 1) Because we can. (This reason motivates...
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Homestead for Sale We are finally putting our Clintonville house on the market very soon. In the meantime, life is a blur of paint and trim and organization. The new buyers of the hound homestead will move into a home complete with: two rainbarrels seven fruit trees dozen perennial edibles seven raised beds with...
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We are huge street food fans so you can imagine our delight at finding food carts lining the Arawak Kay beach on the first day of our recent island vacation. The food truck scene in our hometown of Columbus, Ohio is more varied and delicious but will never match the Bahamas view! 1. grouper...
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On our trip to San Salvador Island, we stayed at Coconut Cottage which indeed was home to several coconut trees. Not being the kind of people to shy away from a free food source, Alex and Lil collected several big heavy coconuts and commenced to opening. Extracting the Coconut They instantly discovered that opening...
Read more →We are home from a truly relaxing vacation to San Salvador Bahamas. Before I delve into some of our DIY undertakings, I offer this overview of the island lifestyle, vacation rental Coconut Cottage, groceries and restaurants, and day to day realities of a remote island. San Salvador Island, Bahamas San Salvador is a remote...
Read more →By the time you read this, we’ll be flying to San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. San Sal or Watling’s Island is a 36 square mile karst island in the Caribbean. It is a relatively remote place. Other than an exclusive Club Med resort, there are very few tourist spots beyond the miles of...
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