by Denise | Jan 30, 2019 | Dog Friendly Beaches, Florida
By the time we hit New Smyrna Beach, we’d been gone from home for 14 days. We’d visited Destin, Crystal Springs, Ft. Meyers Beach, and now we had one more chance to stall and an official dog beach to put our paws on before beginning the journey back to Arkansas. ...
by Denise | Jan 15, 2019 | Dog Friendly Beaches, Florida
When Henri and I left home in Arkansas on December 20th, 2018, we were supposed to be heading to Memphis for an overnight Christmas adventure, including a carriage ride through the Starry Nights light exhibit at Shelby Farms. A rainy forecast pretty much ruined...
by Denise | Aug 23, 2018 | Arkansas
This is a story. A story about how one night in Eureka Springs, Arkansas became two; celebrating birthdays with strangers became partying with friends; and how the Joy Motel became the Wanderoo Lodge. Tim Freeman, owner of the newly remodeled Wanderoo Lodge,...
by Denise | Aug 7, 2018 | Paddling, Product Reviews, Travel Tips
Recently I visited a girlfriend who lives on Lake Murray, SC. While there, we decided to take the jet skis across the lake to a restaurant for lunch. It’s been twenty years since I’ve been on a jet ski. Somewhere between zooming across a lake at 23 years old with...
by Denise | Jul 3, 2018 | Travel Tips
Prior to 2016, I’d never noticed Henri being especially fearful of fireworks. I mean, he didn’t like them- what dog does?!- but he wasn’t traumatized. It was that year, on the 4th of July that I came home from a cookout to discover a trembling,...