Adventures of an Urban Scallywag
Born too late to explore the sea, born too early to explore the galaxy
There’s no better way to ring in a new year than with an adventure! I’ve been really bad about keeping this blog updated with my adventures, and I’m going to try to be better about that. I have a backlog of entries dated in the past that I never finished writing about, not to mention my previous adventures from before
Too late of a night and too early of a morning, but we arrived in Nassau without difficulty! After bypassing Freeport due to weather, our ship sailed onward to Nassau with plenty of time to spare; come evening, the ship came to a stop for a while, and we continued to cruise around in a wide berth to stay out of
The last couple days have been pretty uneventful in the best of ways. We left early Sunday morning after a quick breakfast in the hotel lobby. Stevie’s friend Sarah was kind enough to drive us from Tampa to Cape Canaveral since it was mostly on her way. It took some Extreme Tetris to get all of our bags in a
One if by land, two if by sea, but all the lanterns in the world won’t give you warning enough of piracy. So the neighbors kept us up until late last night. Apparently 2:30 in the morning is a great time to start full-volume celebratory whooping. It took a while for the raucous to die down, and by the time
We got a late start this morning, opting to repay yesterday’s sleep debt. Neither of us rolled out of bed until after 10, and we didn’t leave the room until after 11 in search of breakfast. We ended up at First Watch, a purportedly “healthy” option. We did not select the healthy options. Okay, healthy… Ish. Does glazed bacon count
And I’ve set sail again, this time to the largest gathering of like-minded maritime adventurers in all of the country, Gasparilla! This time I’m bringing the dragon who calls herself Stevie. The journey begins by first scouting out the local lands of Tampa Bay before the invasion, then it’s off on a ship of my own – well, it’ll be mine
Oops. I made a mistake. When preparing to go to bed last night, I closed the heavy blackout curtains completely. Those are some really great curtains, because when my alarm went off in the morning to ensure I was up in time to meet my family for breakfast, I thought for certain I’d done something wrong, because it didn’t look a minute
I traveled with my parents, my sister, and her boyfriend to Las Vegas to celebrate my dad’s 60th birthday. It took several months of secrecy, but we were able to successfully plan the vacation without my dad’s knowledge until we told him two days prior to our departure. We arrived at our hotel Sunday night, missing the CES 2017 crowd by mere
(This post originally appeared on Facebook before I started this blog.) Captain’s Log, Day 6 Found an alternate portal to the world below. Observed the natives without interfering. Star Fleet would be proud. Traveled north and swam with more domesticated natives. Private Nick was wounded in battle when the local gods sent him tumbling, including injuries not noticed until later. Fortunately,
Captain’s Log, Day 5 (This entry appears to have been torn out.) Note from the future: Similar to Day 2 when I didn’t write much, apparently I didn’t write anything for this day’s adventuring, so this will all be from memory. Nearing the end of our vacation, despite all the driving around and leisurely time spent on beaches and shores, we hadn’t yet really spent