The Nonsense of W&J

Adventuring with the Nonsense of W&J

June 1, 2024
Hiking the Narrows in Zion

Hiking the Narrows Wow!  This is Jessica’s favorite hike to date.  If you ever wanted to hike a river in a canyon with gorgeous scenery and canyon walls, this is a must do hike!  You can hike the Narrows in a day hike from the bottom up, like we did, or rent a private shuttle […]

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May 27, 2024
An Amazing, Unplanned Experience – Kayaking at Big Hickory Island, Florida

We discovered the Big Hickory Island near Bonita Springs, FL by accident.  We had spent a morning kayaking near Fort Myers, Florida at Manatee Park.  There are lots of manatees at this Park.  However, it is not a spring and the brown water makes it more difficult to see the manatees.  We prefer to kayak Silver […]

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May 27, 2024
Why We Love Our Personal Google Map

Because we travel full-time and plan our adventures and campgrounds, we need a quick way to see locations.  So, we created our personal Google Map. Our map has been a travel changer for us.  We insert adventures and places we want to do and see into our map.  These include places all over the world […]

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May 27, 2024
Hiking the Dungeness Spit to the New Dungeness Lighthouse

One of our most memoriable hikes in Washington is hiking to the New Dungenss Lighthouse.  You must hike a spit to access the lighthouse.  The hike was approximately 11 miles to and back on the spit.  As we usually do, we parked early in the morning to begin the hike.  We wanted to make sure […]

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May 26, 2024
You Will Not Be Disappointed on The Pictured Rocks Kayaking Tour

We did Pictured Rocks in Michigan three ways – we hiked it, we took the boat tour (which was amazing) and we took a kayak tour with Pictured Rocks Kayaking Tour. Wow!  They take you on a boat close to Lover’s Leap.  Then, you must get into a tandem sea kayak with another person to […]

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May 26, 2024
We Visited 13 Times! Phil Foster, Riviera Beach, Florida

We love snorkeling at Phil Foster Memorial Park!  Over winter 2023 we snorkeled  thirteen times at Phil Foster and saw so much sea life.  We only snorkeled on days where the high tide was from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and when the wind was not too strong.  We found these were the best times […]

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May 26, 2024
Don’t Buy Cheap! Choosing our Snorkel Masks

Buying Cheap Snorkel Masks When we went to work at a beautiful campground in Florida for the winter, we received some great suggestions for snorkeling.  We had only snorkeled twice before this and our snorkel masks were the cheap kits from Amazon that included the flippers for $25.  So, we decided to purchase different snorkel […]

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