Nezel Ballesteros

I see green and enjoy warm most months of the year. A little white and freezing every now and then is a good thing.

St Augustine, Florida

The whole town got the memo! It’s so very christmassy here!

Pro tip: everyone likes to have a drink at Tini Martini. The queue to get in is longggg. To skip the line, use the back entrance and walk straight to the bar like locals do.

Grateful everyday.

Lost

Don’t be fooled by the tranquility. There’s chaos beneath and beyond. (That came out so conspiratorial and I was aiming for meditative. I’m sticking to simple one liners next time).

To creatures small and adorable

The part where I wish I had shoes on.

A tent to ride out a storm

We camped at Bahia Honda State Park for the night to test a tent we’re hoping to use on a longer trip. The weather said windy at 77 degrees. Perfect. Until it wasn’t.

It rained. Hard. Not the soothing kind of rain that lulls you to sleep; think big angry drops to match the howling wind. It was intimidating; our tent did all sorts of bending and shaking, doing its best to free itself from the 6 inch nail pegs we anchored it in.

Result: our tent did awesome! It took in some water but nothing catastrophic we can’t live with. There’s no dramatic sunrise to sip our coffee with that morning but the empty beach more than made up for it.

Finally feels like fall!

Calming waters.

SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 Heavy rocket tomorrow at 10:15 am. This is a good spot to watch (assuming you get parking).

Moments before the rest of the world wakes up.