Author: Mike Pekrul

I’ve been on this beach every day for two weeks. And probably THOUSANDS of days before this one, and I’ve never seen this before. I parked the truck this morning and started setting up my stuff. As I’m walking back to the truck for another load, a brown dot crosses my peripheral vision and my…

Susy and I were riding bikes on the beach late yesterday after dinner. The heat of the day had broken, the cars were almost gone and most of the people with them. The tide was out, so the hard sand felt limitless. Stopping now and then to look at an interesting shell, I spotted a…

I forgot this but Susy reminded me… Earlier this week, we were sitting on the beach watching the pelicans fishing and the dolphins cruising up and down, just barely outside the surf line. We decided to go swimming and headed out to just past the breakers. It was maybe chest deep or a bit less.…

Ok, so my idea of fun might vary widely from yours. 😉 It’s been a week at the beach so far and my routine has mostly developed. Around 9 – 9:30 I jump out of bed, slip on my swimsuit and grab my book, my speaker, hat and sunglasses and kiss Susy goodbye and hop…

I grew up in north Florida, always within a short drive to salt water. The Atlantic Ocean. The Gulf. Digging in the sand, frolicking in the waves. Yes, I can frolic. 😁 When we lived here, going to the beach was just a ho hum experience. We came for an hour or two and went…

We’ve spent a large part of the year working on our house. Fixing. Purging. Updating. Remodeling. Landscaping. Things that have been on my wish list for a long time, so might as well do them and get to enjoy them for a while, right? But 2027 is definitely on my radar screen, and I’m looking…

This week we’re camping on the banks of the Tallulah River in north Georgia. Swimming, tubing, watching the raindrops on the water. Life is good. 😀 Susy and I needed some groceries, so we headed for town, and decided to just eat dinner while we were out. Mama G’s Italian. Pretty good if you ever…

This one will never get broken. Today I went back to Cuyahoga Valley National Park. When Susy and I went there the first time, we ran out of time and didn’t get to see the canal. Following the river, the Ohio and Erie Canal cuts through the park. The canal stretches 308 miles, from the…

Today was the day! I’ve been waiting for this all week, since seeing the sign on the side of the road when we reached the area. The Middlefield Swiss Cheese Festival! I LOVE Swiss cheese! Cheddar, bleu, provolone, mozzarella, american, I’ve rarely tasted a cheese I didn’t like. But Swiss is by far my favorite!…

So it seems that this area of Ohio is just rife with these sandstone and shale formations that everyone here call ledges. Today, I went to Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park. The park follows a line of these ledges stretching for a couple miles or so. From the lower side, it’s a sheer rock wall, 50…