Baja California: A Vacation Done the Right Way *Brian and Sylvia receive NO compensation of any kind from tour and service providers for appearances on this page. If we give a shout out, it’s entirely because we wanted to.* It was with a heavy heart that we left Cabo San Lucas and returned to Raleigh. There wasn’t much about our […]
Sail Into the Sunset
Cabo San Lucas III: Sunset Sailing and El Archo If Cabo San Lucas is famous for anything other than drunkenness and debauchery, it is for the rock formation known as El Archo (The Arch.) We have seen other rock arches before this one, some even larger and more impressive. In fact, on a previous Nautical Hijink in Peru, our tour […]
Lorenzo de Arabia: A Mexican Camel Adventure
Cabo San Lucas II: The Joy of Camels Sylvia has told Brian many times that two of her singular ambitions in life are: To ‘go to Egypt and ride a camel.’ To ‘go to India and ride an Elephant’ Why any of this is so Brian is unable to fathom, but it is his opinion that no one should be […]
A Mexican Nautical Hijink!
Cabo San Lucas One: Snorkeling and Nautical Hijinks By the time we arrived in dusty Cabo San Lucas regional Airport, we had crossed 2,500 miles, two time zones, three airports, one duty free shop and two rings of people near the final exit gate attempting to sell us things we didn’t need, before we knew we didn’t need them. We […]
The Low South
Vacation Time in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula **Becauseitzthere is mainly a hiking blog, but from time to time we feature outdoor pursuits of the less rugged kind, including posts of the ‘pursuit of leisure’ variety. Well, there aren’t many places on Earth where leisure is pursued with greater vigor than at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Located at the very tip of […]
We’re Back!
Brian and Sylvia celebrate their Tenth Wedding Anniversary We’re back from celebrating our Tenth Wedding Anniversary! Has it really been ten years? The typical gift given on the Tenth Anniversary is described as ‘tin or aluminum.’ Therefore we decided to give one another the gift of aluminum…in the form of an airplane fuselage, which we rode all the way to […]
More How to Spend Summer in the South
What To Do When It’s Too Hot To Hike: Part II In our last post we talked about some of the ways to beat the heat in the Carolinas. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, it’s awfully hot and buggy to be indulging in the sport of hiking. We do it anyway to keep in shape, trying to go as […]
How to Spend Summer In the South
What To Do When It’s Too Hot To Hike: Part I We hope you had a happy Independence Day! The Fourth of July is the day Americans celebrate the simple joy of being an American, which is certainly something celebrate.But it has other meanings as well. For some, it’s also a day when we reflect upon the enormous sacrifices made […]
Surf Dog! Fun and Frolics at Fort Macon, NC
Fitz Roy Visits Fort Macon State Park Beach Sylvia and I are all about doing something new. Last weekend, we went to the beach. For us, this is nothing new. We live only two or three hours from some of the best beaches in the Eastern US north of Florida. We make several trips to the fine coastal areas of […]
King Charles Town
Charleston, SC Part II After visiting Fort Moultrie Sylvia made Brian swear not to visit any more forts or historical sites for the remainder of the trip. Brian grudgingly agreed. However, this would not really be possible since Charleston — Travel and Leisure Magazine’s ‘World’s Best City” in 2016 — basically is one gigantic historical site. With apologies to the […]