Amy and Pat Taylor

📍 Forenede Stater Læs mere Charlotte, Tennessee

Rejsende Roatan
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- 18. maj 2024 16.54
- 🌬 86 °F
- Højde: 66 ft
- Honduras Departamento de Islas de la Bahía Roatán Antoneys Cay 16.326968, -86.57133716°19’37” N 86°34’17” W
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Anthony's Key
18. maj, Honduras ⋅ 🌬 86 °F
A vacation at a diiferent pace. It's not a working vacation. And you can always sit out a dive if you want to, but a week at Anthony's Key can be a very busy week.

By the time the week is out, we will have the opportunity for 18 dives, but due the flight schedule we will only get in 17.

Most of the boat rides are short and there are breaks in between and meals. Not to mention the Dolphin Encounter tomorrow. But we stay happily busy.

I suspected that the boys would skip most of the early dives (8:30 am), preferring a bit of extra sleep on their vacation, but they have been with us all the way.

With this post, I will simply add a few photos around the resort as we come and go.

Anthony's is an island off an Island, off the coast of Honduras. We take a little water taxi (the size of a John Boat) from the key (where our rooms are) to everything else we do.

This post will feature a few pictures of the area. Then, later we will get into some of the week's fun.Læs mere
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Rejsende Banyan Tree
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Rejsende Roatan
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- 18. maj 2024 07.48
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Højde: 581 ft
- Forenede Stater Tennessee Davidson County Glenview Nashville International Airport 36.128827, -86.67076336°7’44” N 86°40’15” W
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Boys 2 Men
18. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
It's what you do when nobody is watching, or at least when you think nobody is watching. That is what counts.

The boys get along well, but as Amy says about all our young men, their frontal cortex is still developing.

I witnessed some good stuff this week.

We were doing a night dive, and it was toward the end of the dive, so it was dark down there (pitch black). Jacob's dive light quits. Sam swims up alongside him, reaches out and takes Jacob's hand and puts it on his, and they share a light. It was special to see, and fortunately, I got it on video. Made momma proud.

On another occasion, the boys were swimming through tight caves, reaching the end and turning around to make sure the other was coming through.

There were a half dozen of these moments that I witnessed this week. And, of course, this is the way it is supposed to be. But it is not what one commonly sees in 20-something brothers. And since our whole Find Penguins venture is about marking the memories for momma, this post is all about warming mamma's heart.

Good boys - proud momma.

A: I am one insanely blessed momma!Læs mere
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Rejsende Good dive partners always double check each other's gear....
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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 5. maj 2024 22.00
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Højde: 699 ft
- Forenede Stater Indiana Brown County Camp Roberts Dawson Lake 39.199904, -86.20494939°11’60” N 86°12’18” W
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It's All About The Love
5. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
It's all about the love.

The whole point if this particular trip was to see our nephew Zach. He is at the University of Indiana working on his PhD in chemistry. We are very proud of him.

As a bonus, we got to meet his girlfriend Marina – also working on her PhD. Marina is adorable in every way and they are incredibly cute together.

With luck, Zach will finish his degree in about 6 months and Marina will be about a year behind him.

I love Zach. A young man full of heart. He gave us most of his weekend. We are blessed.

Zach and Marina joined us at camp for dinner both Satuday and Sunday nights, and they showed us some of the campus, including their labs Sunday afternoon.

The campus is beautiful. They have a small forest on campus. Brick walking paths crisscrossing through the mass of “Dunn's Woods" --- the way to get from studying to burgers and wings.

Zach explained what they are working on and told us about some of the equipment. Most of it didn't register in my brain, but it was fun all the same.

They spent several hours telling us about their teaching and their research. And we just ate it all up.

But the best thing they showed us - what touched me - was this hallway in the Chemistry building. It has block walls. And when you get your PhD, you get a block. You sign it and share what you want to share. A block for prosperity. Again, we are proud of him and can't wait to see his block

We taught them to play Rummikub which was fun, but the best thing was watching the two of them interacting together. It was special.Læs mere
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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 5. maj 2024 09.42
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Højde: 623 ft
- Forenede Stater Indiana Township of Washington Town Hill Clay Lick Creek 39.19545, -86.21648239°11’44” N 86°12’59” W
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Beautiful Bicycling in Brown County
5. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We got a relatively early start this morning because we were meeting Zack and Marina at the University of Indiana this afternoon. It was a beautiful day for a ride. A little chilly at first, but not uncomfortable, then the sun came out and we were in the 70s. It's a lovely, hilly park with curvy up and down roads from pretty overlook to pretty overlook. We biked 23 miles today. Lots of other bicyclists too!Læs mere
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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 4. maj 2024 09.50
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Højde: 728 ft
- Forenede Stater Ohio Township of Salt Creek Reeds (historical)Queer Creek 39.414888, -82.63238939°24’54” N 82°37’57” W
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Photos from the Road
4. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
I'm still not sure of the correct word to discribe the feeling, but during these drive days, I am taken by the views of Americana. Nothing special really, but growing up in the city then driving from state to state seeing these vast farmlands. Yeah, I know it is silly.

Wholly Pitchfork Batman!! We live in the middle of a cow pasture and I am still awed by all the farmlands we drive through.

We enjoy the small towns, the old clapboard houses, and the small town churches with the bell towers below the steeples - and almost universally, the church bells are long since gone.

We enjoy the drives. We see the scenic views, listen to our music or Amy reads to me. And without fail, we talk of new places we want to go.

Just a few pics from our drive today between Ohio and Indiana. A few sprinkles of rain, and then the sun came out. Pretty farmland and peace.Læs mere
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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 3. maj 2024 17.06
- ☁️ 73 °F
- Højde: 938 ft
- Forenede Stater Ohio Hocking County Cedar Falls (historical)Rose Hollow 39.424442, -82.54445439°25’28” N 82°32’40” W
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Ohio for Camping???
3. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F

How did we end up camping in Ohio? Honestly, I didn’t remember until we actually got here.

So we don't watch regular TV. Quite often we entertain ourselves by watching YouTube videos on camping and hiking. A few months back, we were doing just that when we saw a video on Hocking Hills. We literally booked the trip the same day, based on the video.

Time passed, and I am old. I knew I was excited about the trip, but I honestly did not remember why. I didn't remember what we saw on the video.

And you know, when you think about camping, you think The Great Smokey Mountains, or Yellowstone, or somewhere in The Natural State – Arkansas. Ohio would never cross my mind.

The truth be told, we are just excited about getting out. And, we are going to Indiana to see our nephew Zack. Super stoked about that. So it was going to be good no matter what.

But let me tell you, the video we watched that inspired us to come to Hocking Hills State Park was all about the hiking. Folks, if you like to hike, this is a great place.

The trail maps list the hikes as short, but they budget a lot of time for them. That is because the views are just packed. You just can't see it all. This is awesome.

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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 3. maj 2024 16.13
- ☁️ 75 °F
- Højde: 1.086 ft
- Forenede Stater Ohio Township of Benton Cedar Grove Hocking Hills Reservoir 39.429933, -82.5397239°25’48” N 82°32’23” W
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The Sound of Joy
3. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F

The crunch of crushed stone under her hiking boots….

My Lovely's favorite sound.

Isn't it awesome that she has a favorite sound. I think it is Faaaaaaabulous.

We are in Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio (more on Hocking Hills in another post), and we are here for the hiking.

My Lovely is a conservative woman in almost every way, especially in speech. She would not be known as verbose. So this post may come off as a little mean-spirited, but I assure you that it is not intended that way. I could just say she was excited. But it just simply wouldn't do.

My lovely woke up this morning, and well, someone had pulled her string. I was sipping coffee and smiling. I couldn’t even understand what she was saying. After about the fifth utterance – and she still hadn't made out of the bed… and me, I hadn't a clue. I had thoughts of the Tower of Babel.

And then she asked me a question and I understood the question. My Lovely asked, “Honey, do you think we should have caffeinated coffee today?

I love this lady. She brings me so much joy. I love that she was so excited. And she really needed this trip.

Crunch, crunch, crunch. The pebbles under her feet today. Smiles, ooohs and a few aaahs. And a couple of remembrances of hikes with her boys. This is the type of place where the boys would have gone hog wild running about.

We did 5 relatively short hikes in all today. They were chock full of wilderness wonder.

A happy day for My Lovely makes for a happy day for me.

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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 3. maj 2024 13.53
- ☁️ 79 °F
- Højde: 1.066 ft
- Forenede Stater Ohio Hocking County Gibisonville Cantwell Cliffs 39.541639, -82.57522439°32’30” N 82°34’31” W
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Cantwell Cliffs
3. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
This 2 mile hike was supposedly the most difficult and rugged hike in the park. Maybe it's because it was our last hike and we were purposely going slowly to savor it, but it wasn't difficult at all. It starts with a stunner you don't see coming!Læs mere
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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 3. maj 2024 12.49
- ☁️ 79 °F
- Højde: 1.079 ft
- Forenede Stater Ohio Township of Laurel Rockhouse (historical)39.497926, -82.61261939°29’53” N 82°36’45” W
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Rock House
3. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
This was probably the most difficult hike today. Mainly because of the long climb out of the gorge. But I loved this hike (I loved all of them!)
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Rejsende Yeah...the old bridge is a bit sketch!
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Rejsende Hocking Hills and Visit Zach!
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- 3. maj 2024 12.41
- ☁️ 77 °F
- Højde: 1.148 ft
- Forenede Stater Ohio Township of Laurel Rockhouse (historical)39.49692, -82.61473839°29’49” N 82°36’53” W
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It's not like they're going to arrest us
3. maj, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
....or will they?? They are serious, with good reason, about staying on the trails. Lots of deadly cliffs. Most of the trails are one way, also. DON'T hike the wrong direction! But y'all know I'm a rulebreaker at heart....the struggle was real people!! Lol.Læs mere
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