Category Archives: Sierra Club

This is not a Motel 6

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Ron Haines

A sign that you’re not at a Motel 6 is when this pops up when you turn the TV on: Yes, a huge cut above my normal on the road accommodations, courtesy of the Sierra Club.  I was there last … Continue reading →

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No more Yeehaw breakfast

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Ron Haines

A Haines tradition for years has been breakfast in Yeehaw Junction.  Notice I didn’t say Haines Family Tradition.  That would be incorrect.  It’s just me. It kicks in whenever I go north on the ‘turnpike’ (AKA Florida’s Turnpike, The LESS … Continue reading →

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A green spot in Broward County

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Ron Haines

A green spot in Broward County Broward County is the second most dense county in Florida, runner-up to Pinellas (home to the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg), but there are still places there to paddle among the flora and … Continue reading →

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Look out Manatees, here we come!

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Ron Haines

For more than a decade, the manatees that spend the winter clustered in the relatively warm water coming out of the Florida Power and Light power plant in Palm Beach County have had their privacy.  Sure, the occasional FPL employe … Continue reading →

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San Francisco hills and some award musings

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Ron Haines

Could the hills of San Francisco have gotten steeper? Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like it. I was last there decades ago. I was younger and had more energy. And I was on an expense account every time, … Continue reading →

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UnBEElievable!

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Ron Haines

This massive beehive, complete with buzzing inhabitants I didn’t get close enough to for you to see in the photo, was along the shore on Fisheating Creek, a lovely waterway that winds through extensive cypress swamps and hardwood forest hammocks … Continue reading →

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Finding fellow canoeists on a woodsy paddle in the Boston suburbs

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Ron Haines

After a couple years of traveling in a plastic armada of kayaks on paddle trips with various groups in Florida and the Northeast, my vintage Grumman aluminum canoe had the pleasure of the company of five other canoes on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalachian Moutain Club, Grumman canoe, Nature, Paddling, Sierra Club | 4 Comments

You’re Invited!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Ron Haines

Hi Friends. If you’re in Southeast Florida and want to hear and see more about the 75-mile, 2012 River of Grass Canoe Expedition, May 10 at the Palm Beach County Library in Lantana is where you want to be.  Yes, … Continue reading →

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