TRAVEL Archives - There Goes Gravity

July 22, 2020

Island of the Green Sea Turtles

Ancient reptiles, ocean dwellers, air-breathers, survivors… so many things describe sea turtles but none can capture the magic of meeting one in person. Or…

August 28, 2019

How to Tame a Stingray

This post could have been titled in many ways, such as “Don’t try this at home” or “How to train your pet Stingray” or…

February 2, 2019

“Save the Dells” Hike

Our colloquium hike took us on the Constellation Trail.

December 31, 2018

Bay of Turtles: the Lost Years Found

Years ago, I heard a talk about the “Sea Turtle Lost Years”. Researchers had been tracking and monitoring sea turtles as hatchlings and again…

January 3, 2018

What You Need to Know Before Exploring Eleuthera’s Hatchet Bay Cave

Here’s a (little) bit of geology, tips for exploring, and lots of images with named(!) formations for those who want to come prepared. There are…

December 25, 2017

My First Junkanoo

A Junkanoo is a celebration is a parade is a festival. The origin is not quite known but the earliest reports go back centuries.

November 1, 2017

Sandstone Gate

May 19, 2017

Nature Photography in the [Florida] Keys

March 6, 2017

Of Ants and Snails and Other Culinary Critters

Bizarre foods and other gastronomic delights on four continents – or why we sometimes accidentally eat strange foods. Part I

March 1, 2017

Big Cypress National Preserve

A little exploration of a nearby treasure.

January 6, 2017

Painting Paradise ‘En Plein Air’

Keys Reporter Newspaper – Jan 6, 2017 (http://www.flkeysnews.com/news/local/article124928844.html)

November 18, 2016

Travel Quote

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness…” MARK TWAIN