Category: (ODD)yssey

UPDATE: The cats and home are safe. [Kelly Kazek] All 54 Hemingway cats are safe, and the house is intact, according to Hemingway House General Manager Jacque Sands #HurricaneIrma — Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) September 10, 2017 My original story: As Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys this morning, I was reading a story about… Continue reading Thinking of six-toed cats at Hemingway Home as Irma hits Key West

[Kelly Kazek] Sweetums has done it again: He surprised me with the perfect gift. He got us tickets to visit the Land of Oz in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. It even had a road paved with, you guessed it, yellow bricks. I'll have a full story when we return, but for now, here's the scoop: The… Continue reading Guess what, y’all?? This Wizard of Odds is going to Emerald City

[Kelly Kazek] Driftwood Beach on Jekyll island, Ga., is often voted one of America’s most romantic beaches. It is a popular place to ride horses and its stark appearance makes it a favorite of photographers. See some of my photos, and photos from Jekyll Island tourism sites below. Beaches on the Georgia coast are different from… Continue reading The legendary Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island: a photo gallery

[Kelly Kazek] When Sweetums and I were on our Route 66 honeymoon, which was almost a year ago now, we were fascinated with the old motor courts along the original route. We saw a few that were abandoned and some that had been refurbished. We decided we wanted to have the experience but only for one… Continue reading Two very cool 1930s Route 66 motor courts we visited on our honeymoon

[Kelly Kazek] When I was young and my family lived in Warner Robins, Ga., we spent a week every summer on Jekyll Island, usually with another family or two. We spent most of our time on Jekyll’s famous driftwood beaches (I’ll write more about those later) so I knew very little about the island’s history until… Continue reading Our visit to Jekyll Island’s haunted ‘Millionaire’s Club’