Category: Marathon
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Nitro Dean
Nitro Dean Holidays have the capacity to change a person. I’m not talking about core or fundamental changes necessarily, but rather more nuanced and subtle changes that wouldn’t impact the casual observer, yet to the trained eye, one honed over years of friendship, family-ship or marriage, well, subtle changes loom large. For example, I have…
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Biking Bahia
A Magical Mystery Tour of Bahia Honda State Park Nestled just before the 7-mile bridge heading to Big Pine Key is an island state park called Bahia Honda (pronounced Ba-HEE-ya Honda). We packed Walter White, Big Red, Lucy Liu (Lisa’s bike finally got named) and No Name Bike (Dean’s bike so dubbed after our visit…
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Names
Names are hard. I mean, how do people remember them? Even if you’ve been told before, it’s easy for them to slip away, like an ephemeral, early morning fog that dissipates with the sun. I’m excited when I meet someone new. I meet a lot of people playing pickleball, sometimes four, five or more per…
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Café Cubano
Culinary Keys The Keys are famously only 90 miles from Cuba. Cuba is on my bucket list for travel, but until then, I decided I want to try an authentic Cuban sandwich and of course, a café Cubano. I had never had a Cuban coffee before and to be honest, didn’t really know what one…
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(Not so) Old Man & the C-Suite
A brief muse at Hemingway’s home in Key West I wrote this in Ernest Hemingway’s writing studio. The studio, which was connected by a metal catwalk to his home, was where he wrote the majority of his most famous works, including “A Farwell to Arms”. There is a very exclusive offer, which must be booked…
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Trails, Trials, and Tributaries
A Walking Dogs Tail One of the reasons we chose Florida was that both families could bring our dogs, Lily and Mully (short for Mulligan). Last year, we spent 5 weeks on Sanibel Island and fell completely in love with the island. Its charm lay in its 75 miles of bike trails, (this is where…
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Adventures in Travel
A Hawley Marathon Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation – Schuller As Christmas 2022 melted away with the unseasonably cold wintry weather and snow, thoughts turned to preparation for our upcoming January trip. There is both excitement and dread that comes with packing your vehicle for a month-long trip. For one thing, Lily…
Aventuras De Viaje 