Not far from the New Smyrna Beach Coast Guard Station in Volusia County, Florida, is the entrance to the New Smyrna Dunes Park. The park consists of about 73 acres and encompasses five ecosystems (dunes, scrub zone, saltwater marsh, ocean, and river). The dunes are the primary ecosystem on display. The park supports a variety… Continue reading Trekking across the dunes at New Smyrna Dunes Park
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On the road with the mother load
Traveling with a person with absolutely no directional sense can be a challenge. My 89-year old mother is a case in point. Forget the adage that age and experience trump youth. Mom can’t read a road map. At all. Never could, even in her younger years. Perhaps it’s because she didn’t get her driver’s license… Continue reading On the road with the mother load
So much to see, so little time
Somehow, I never imagined that in the twilight of her life, I would be traveling the world with my mother, pictured above. In 11 years, she will be 100 years old. Unbelievable. After nine kids, and one husband, she has finally got the time to do something for herself. She likes to travel. However, glaucoma and limited funds are slowing her down a bit.
That’s where I come in. Not that I have a pile of money because I don’t. However, I do have a driver’s license and passport. Both have come in handy in recent years. We’ve managed to hit Hawaii several times, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
The longer trips are becoming somewhat of an issue of late. Mom does not have the energy she used to, and osteoarthritis makes it difficult to sit in the cheap seat sections on an airplane for long periods of time. As she likes to remind me frequently, “aging sucks”.
So, we’re taking trips closer to home. Whenever I’m not working we take short road trips, heading to places not far from our Florida home. We like to visit gardens, check out unusual museums, sight see at historic sites and go to lotsa different locations to eat.
We both realize that her traveling days are numbered, but we will go as long as we can, because as Elvis Presley once sang, “There is so much world to see”.
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