Features
Together the weather is better
I’ve spent nearly 15 years in Florida and have seen countless critters from venomous snakes to bobcats. It was near Jacksonville, however, that I saw
One if by land, two if by sea
Part of an Observer News feature series By Mitch Traphagen “Uh oh” “Now what?” Michelle asked. “Small craft advisories have just been posted,” I said while ...
Breaking through the ice
Part of an Observer News feature series By Mitch Traphagen The layer of ice covering the waterway offered no resistance, except in my mind. When I left ...
Thawing out a frozen dream
Part of an Observer News Feature Series By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net Boats are the physical manifestation of dreams. No one needs a boat; but for those who choose ...Cool Change
By MITCH TRAPHAGENmitch@observernews.net If there’s one thing in my life that’s missing, it’s the time that I spend alone sailing on the cool and bright clear ...Helping Hands
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The circus has moved down the road. All along the way, I’ve heard stories of the southbound cruising fleet crowding bridges and ...Coming in from the cold
Part four of an Observer News feature series By MITCH TRAPHAGEN I had never been so cold in my life — and that is saying ...Sailing in through the out door
Part three of an Observer News feature series Reedville, Virginia, is a quiet community on a creek just off the Chesapeake Bay. MITCH ...
Saying goodbye
My wife Michelle flew in to help prepare the boat for the voyage home. The tanks and lockers are full. It is time ...The last leg
Part one of an Observer News feature series By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The last leg is getting the boat into the water from the boatyard ...- Looking for a unique Mother’s Day outing? Visit Bok Tower Gardens
- Trips Worth Taking: Asheville, NC
- A visit to Central Florida should be on your calendar this year
- An oasis is found in Waverly, Georgia
- A stay at Denver’s historic Brown Palace Hotel
- Trips Worth Taking: Cody, Wyoming, Cowboy Town U.S.A.
- Georgia’s ‘Little Grand Canyon’
- St. Augustine, Florida: America’s oldest city where everything old is new again, well...almost
- St. Augustine gearing up for 500th Anniversary
- An out-of-this-world restaurant: Dixie Crossroads
