Sometimes a body just has to get away. The golf course community we live in during the winter is a wonderful place with many amenities, the manicured golf course, streets lined with palm trees, and flowers blooming on every street corner. It’s a paradise, but it isn’t real. The trees grow in neat rows, mounds … Continue reading Back to Nature
Category: Outdoor Adventures
Wildlife Sighting
This morning I heard screeching behind the house and went out to investigate the problem. A large racoon kept attacking two little racoons. I worried about the little guys, but after watching the action, I figured out that Mom was disciplining her youngsters. One of them must have been a teenager–– judging from his insolence … Continue reading Wildlife Sighting
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Into The Slough
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
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Holler Hopping –– Ziplining Hoosier Style
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
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Exploring Toronto
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
Jeanne Meeks ~ Fiction Author 