Big Pine Key, Florida Keys – March 7, 2012

Trawlercat Chronicles – On Big Pine Key, Florida Keys – March 7, 2012 No matter how prepared you think you are for a road trip across America you never really are. On March of 2012, my newly retired wife and our two dogs, bicycles and all our water-sports toys traveled east and then south by […]

Dead Dog/Bridge to Nowhere Hike

Azusa Canyon was once made famous for the amount of dead body Mafia type drop-offs in the area. Back on February 3, 2013, I drove to the area with our Labrador retriever Lucy, and my two nephews, not for a drop off, but, for a hike, to the “Bridge to Nowhere.” From its name, you […]

Row, row, row, a dinghy

To teach a kid to row, a typical dinghy type boat, you start first start on land. You face the kid, holding out both hands in front (standing about a foot apart); you extend your arms, while the child keeps her body straight, and leans backward. You then pull the kid back towards you. Repeat. […]