Category Archives: Hiking

Are We Ready Yet?

Posted on March 31, 2025 by TheJessicaness

It’s 30 days until we leave Florida, and another 24 days after that, we start the PCT. That’s the plan that has been in motion since we got our start date over five months ago. We have since packed over … Continue reading →

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As Requested… a one-month update

Posted on October 23, 2024 by TheJessicaness

freeze-dried: grapes, kiwi, avocado, onion, carrot I’ve been keeping some notes on the process, but I feel like there is so much I’m leaving out, not on purpose but because I get into the ’empty trays, clean them, buy more … Continue reading →

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In Florida for 4.5 or 5.75 Months

Posted on October 10, 2024 by TheJessicaness

I wrote about our 2023 December trip to the Tampa area. We came back for nine days in March to find a place to live within a one-hour commute from Caleb’s transitional position into the civilian sector at Cummins Inc. … Continue reading →

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Immersion and Preservation

Posted on September 20, 2024 by TheJessicaness

Thanks to I Love the Burg for sharing things to eat and places to visit in St. Petersburg. I came across a free entry day (otherwise $48 for us) for FloridaRAMA: Immersive Art Experience from 12 to 5 pm, with … Continue reading →

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In the Spring of Hibernia

Posted on May 18, 2024 by TheJessicaness

Mountain View B&B Hibernia is the Classical Latin (one of its three varieties) name for Ireland which means autumn. The name is said to have originated in the Greek’s description of Ireland as the ‘island of winter’ (Iouernia) and the … Continue reading →

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