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Tag Archives: walking
On A St. Croix Rainy Day, What Is There To Do?
Starting with basics, there is no such thing as a bad day in Paradise. If it starts to rain think about snorkeling. No worries about lightening or thunder, we only get that a few times a year and no more … Continue reading
Posted in Manchineel Bay, Uncategorized
Tagged hiking, Sandy Point St. Croix, St. Croix Hiking, walking
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Where did the phrase “batsh*t crazy” come from?
The title question comes from a scholarly page discussing the question of the origins of the phrase “batshit crazy.” The phrase seems to have developed some legitimacy as it is now included in the Oxford English Dictionary. The scholarly citations … Continue reading
Posted in Hams Bluff
Tagged healthy lifestyle, healthy-living, hiking, outdoors, St. Croix History, St. Croix Virgin Islands, walking
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Thanks to Island Visitors; Hiking is Heating Up!
I started hiking as a business in 2012 and like most new ventures it was very slow. I spent far in excess of what I made on advertising and all the other items a new business has to deal with. … Continue reading
Mother’s Love: I Never Knew Deer Could Talk and Birds Could Grieve.
Today, during my morning walk, I came across a whitetail doe and fawn grazing in a field in front of a house. When the mother saw me she started to run to the right, the fawn being rather young ran … Continue reading
Posted in Judith (Soldier) Hill, Judith's Hill
Tagged animals, Deer, excercise, Grief, hiking, lifestyle, nature, outdoors, St. Croix Vacation, St. Croix Virgin Islands, strolling, walking
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In Search of Pirate Treasure
Almost everybody I know has walked a beach while looking down for treasure. Some people treasure shells, others sea-glass and a unique group even searches for cod stoppers, those marbles used to seal carbonated beverages before crown caps were invented. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged hiking, Hiking with Children, Pirates, St. Croix Hiking, St. Croix History, Treasure, walking
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In Search of the Du Bois ‘Castle’ – Danger in Paradise
It’s been months (five) since I’ve published anything about hiking on this blog as all my writing time has been focused on my book. It’s not that I’ve quit walking or going on hikes, I have just been spending all … Continue reading
The Caribs of St. Croix
When I started the process of qualification to walk on the National Park Property at Salt River, I was told I had to present an outline of my knowledge of the Historical Significance of Salt River. From my perspective at … Continue reading
Beautiful and Deadly
In antiquity, poisons were valued for their utilitarian value in hunting fishing and even for preserving life. Just as many of our modern drugs will kill from an overdose, plants the we recognize as poisons were probably used, in greatly … Continue reading
Flowers for Sailors
When humans started sailing the seven seas 50,000 years ago, a raft was probably the only flotation they had at their disposal, yet they made it from Africa to Australia probably by island hopping. Still, the unique mode of transportation … Continue reading
A Backyard Cure for Cancer
Catharanthus roseus Periwinkle grows on all six inhabited continents. It has been cultivated for herbal medicine and as an ornamental plant all around the world. In Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine) the extracts of its roots and shoots, though poisonous, are … Continue reading
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