Author: jeannemeeks

I write mysteries. I also bike long distances, quilt, backpack, canoe, and play tennis, golf, and pickleball, Now that I've retired, I live a fun-filled life.

Into The Slough

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If I was back in Illinois, I’d have spring fever and itch to clean up the yard, plan a garden, get my fingernails dirty. Here in southern Florida I play a lot of tennis and golf, but they just don’t fill the urge to get into nature. The other day my nature itch needed to … Continue reading Into The Slough

Holler Hopping –– Ziplining Hoosier Style

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To really live: Everyday do something that scares you . . . so I am told. Afraid of heights? Me, too. Friends with whom I regularly backpack in Hoosier National Forest dared each other this past weekend to try holler hopping. In the rolling hills and fall colors south of Bloomington, Indiana, we found Explore … Continue reading Holler Hopping –– Ziplining Hoosier Style

Exploring Toronto

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The car ride from Niagara to Toronto along the shore of Lake Ontario was beautiful in spite of a heavy rain. We arrived safe and dry at the Marriott to find very comfortable, fancy, and expensive rooms. The rain stopped and we ventured out to explore the entertainment district of the cosmopolitan city. There seemed … Continue reading Exploring Toronto

Cycling Through Niagara’s Vineyards

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Niagara-on-the-Lake is a gorgeous town about a half hour scenic drive along the Niagara River. Beautiful flowers adorn street corners, shops, restaurants and parks. One could spend an entire day poking around in cute shops, dining, attending the theatre festival, and soaking up history. Bob and I and our friends, Keith and Donna, chose to … Continue reading Cycling Through Niagara’s Vineyards

A Painted Lady

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Outside the hustle-bustle of the tourist area of Niagara Falls we found a gem of a painted lady––an old Victorian house––which is now a wonderful bed-and-breakfast inn with views of the Niagara River gorge about a mile below the Falls. Carolyn and Gary Burke moved into the fixer-upper thirty-four years ago and raised their  two … Continue reading A Painted Lady