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April 5, 2022
Life’s a Beach… but there’s also heaps of history… in San Diego
San Diego is where the Golden State got its start. That’s why it is known as the Birthplace of California...
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April 1, 2022
The Best Street Food EVER!
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In Dalian, China we had our best street food experience to date AND to make it even better it was ALL ON STICKS! You know how we love stick... CONTINUE READING >>
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March 22, 2022
Time Traveling to Tower 23
The “spring forward” time change to Daylight Saving Time each year is one of our favorite days of the year. So this year we decided to celebrate moving our clocks ahead by one hour, and thereby making a day of only 23 hours, in a style befitting such a grand stretch of the time – space continuum... CONTINUE READING >>
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March 19, 2022
Meet Bigfoot’s Florida Cousin!
Skunk Apes are omnivores, with the ability to climb and make beds out of leafy branches, there are an estimated 7 - 9 of them in the Everglades, they like alligator caves, smell like rotten eggs, and they love lima beans. Skunk Apes lead a nomadic, hunter/gatherer existence, have a good memory and exceptional hearing. We had to find one for ourselves, so we headed deep into the Florida Everglades...
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March 8, 2022
How Did a Buffalo Grow Wings?: The Origins of Some of America’s Favorite Foods
Many places across America have a certain food item that is emblematic to their city or region, and luckily we have found ourselves at the source of several.
Share a meal or two (okay many, many meals!) with us and learn about the origins of some of the USA's most icon foods... CONTINUE READING >>
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February 25, 2022
How to Do Mardi Gras Without Being Asked to Lift Your Shirt!
Don't get us wrong - we LOVE New Orleans. But the thought of wading into a Big Easy Mardi Gras is something better left to young whippersnappers.
We took the rural route and learned about the wonderful goings-on in Cajun Country - what they call the REAL Mardi Gras!
Courir de Mardi Gras involves costumed men dancing on horseback, begging, and chicken chasing!
La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns A tradition older than Mardi Gras, is a communal hog butcher and meat fest.
Fais do-do See what Cajuns do once the kids go to bed... CONTINUE READING >>
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February 23, 2022
Do Alligators Like Tabasco?
For a long time roads weren't an option in South Louisiana. This was some wild country back in the day, not Bourbon Street wild, but wilderness wild. The incredibly wet, squishy ground made bayous the only reasonable routes for transportation and Bayou Teche was the Superhighway. Following The Teche, we set out to discover the real... CONTINUE READING >>The post Do Alligators Like Tabasco? appeared first on The GypsyNesters.
February 15, 2022
A Colorful Collection of Beaches on Hawaii
Those of us from the mainland might be thinking that all sand is basically the same, but out here in the center of the tropical Pacific that is far from the case. These islands are volcanic, and that has made for several varieties of sand... CONTINUE READING >>
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February 3, 2022
Rockin’ the Olympic Ski Jump in Oslo, Norway!
With the XXIV Olympic Winter Games beginning, we decided to take a look back at our visit to the site of the 1952 Games in Norway to contemplate jumping off the side of a mountain with skis strapped on our feet... CONTINUE READING >>
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January 25, 2022
Going Ground Hog Wild
It is almost time for Phil to poke his head out once again, and folks across the country are certainly hoping he finds an early end to winter, so we thought we would revisit our visit to Punxsutawney... CONTINUE READING >>
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