Gainesville, United States Travel Blogs

On the road again
Apr 6, 2008 (5 photos)

After all this time in Gainesville, I'm now heading out. The show was great. The kickstand.org. The night before I checked out the location a red brick establishment that was all the way to one side of main street. I got to the show early and met Gabe. My ...

The long-a** ride, Part Deux
Jul 11, 2008 (2 photos)

I'm not sure how many times I said, "This day sucks," which wasn't fair to Bret. But it was SOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOOOOONG. We drove 11 hours to make it home through the "Wild and Wonderful" mountains of West Virginia. Our cousin John wrote out a route that ...

Gainesville
Mar 31, 2008

... had extra time in Gainesville. I skipped the west coast when I realized some health issues and planned on getting care in Gainesville. So here I was. I really liked the town, but the cyclists were mad. Lots of college kids speeding through the streets and ...

Muffler Man, Uniroyal Gal, Two Big Johns, & a Calf
Dec 1, 2008

... piece of land in the booming metropolis of Purley, Texas.  Like Mrs. Goode, Ryan has a very understanding mom, and I have a very understanding wife. See our Gainesville Texas Sightseeing photos. Copyright Round America and William M. Windsor

Keyif Debreifing
Jun 2, 2007

Throughout this trip we will be defining and redefining many words, one of which is central to us: keyif. Keyif is described in the dictionary as 1. joy. pleasure. enchantment. delight. rejoicing. cheer. bliss. conviviality. exhilaration. glee. ...

Gainesville Health & Fitness Centre
Oct 7, 2008 (3 photos)

... etc. Very much a "do it yourself service" without any community involvement or the personalised service found at STARpex.Gainesville is very much a university town and their championship Grid Iron team, the Gators, is followed with enthusiasm by locals. ...

the hills that no one knows about
Oct 28, 2008

... . I must say the Floridians are experienced in riding with bikes on the road. It was a huge thrill to ride into Gainesville with a police escort and see the campus. Gainesville has a small town feel to it- like Bloomington, IN with Indiana University. ...

Could it REALLY happen twice in one trip?
Nov 10, 2009 (2 photos)

On the day of November 10, we decided to anchor early because the weather forecasts were predicting high winds and potential flooding. We pulled into the last good anchorage for the next 40 miles, an oxbow just after Heflin Lock.  The ...

we are more than half way!
Oct 18, 2008

we rode out of Atlanta and into the hills of Georgia. for some reason, the hills will not go away even though I am ready for some other kind of riding. we have a very good group and each of us take care of each other. our visitor from Sydney, Australia ...

You Say Gelato, I Say Gelato Americano
Mar 8, 2007

... my quest for where to find a good gelateria. Luckily my search was not a long one, for we found one an hour north in Gainesville. The Gelato Company is a cute little café located on SE 1st avenue. The server was very helpful, asking us if we had gelato ...

Family in Florida, then on our way
Sep 11, 2006 (5 photos)

... so it was nice to spend some time with her before heading off for such a long time. First stop after that was in Gainesville. We had lunch w/ Jeska's sister Rebecca who is attending UF and also hooked up w/ my buddy AJ and his wife Tina. AJ recently ...

Scoping out my new digs
Jul 19, 2007

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Almost to Gainesville
Jul 8, 2009

    6:30 pm Sherl Crow's singing about leaving Las Vegas on the radio. She's a couple days late but I can dig it. Gna go to the sushi place and then the beer place with matt and ashley tonight. It should be swell. We're about 20 minutes away. Matt's already ...

Sushi place
Jul 8, 2009

9 pm "Seasons are awesome," we all agree.

Post-dancing at the Atlantic
Jul 9, 2009 (6 photos)

1:30 am Cuban food is sandwiches, not tacos.  

Shakespeare was a Bumb
Aug 14, 2009

... about the show in the paper, and the rest of the audience was a series of rotating mumbling homeless people. Whoever said Gainesville doesn't support theatre is crazy. We got plenty of support from the community.... There was a woman who decided that she ...

Jun 26, 2009
Jun 26, 2009

If anyone is interested in looking at ALL of the photos from this trip, I managed to get them all to upload to my SmugMug site.  I have the best luck with that provider.  There are only 817 to plow through.  Good luck, you have my sympathy ...

Gainesville
Mar 20, 2007

Gainesville

Blue Orange vs Purple Gold
Oct 7, 2006

Despite my lack of sleep, the morning started out pretty good. I got off the bus and went straight to tailgateing. It was just insane to see so many people dressed in either blue/orange or purple/gold. I've always had fun at LSU home games, but damn, ...

Final Thoughts
Nov 24, 2008

First, I am happy I was able to complete without any real problems). I am suffering from sort of insect bite that has me scratching constantly, which I will check on sometime today or tomorrow (but if I didn't come home with something what would there be ...

arriving in Texas
Aug 11, 2007 (1 photos)

So this is were I stayed for the 10 months I have been there. Gainesville in Texas. It is not big or anything but I enjoy what I get, right. I connect with this town so many memories. I will tell later. I mean we have been to six flags and we had much fun ...

Wedding Day!
Oct 28, 2007 (23 photos)

Shannon looked so beautiful and everyone seemed to enjoy the wedding and it was wonderful to have so much family in one place.

Gainesville
Mar 19, 2008

Gainesville

Gainesville
Feb 2, 2009

Where I live. There's not much to this place to the passer through.

Gainesville
Feb 1, 2008

Visita a Gainesville

A Fair to Remember
Oct 6, 1993

... , an Amish girl, or a Krishna girl. Something about the undying attraction of the unobtainable, I suppose. Some of those Gainesville Krishna girls were really something, though. We paid our $4 admission to yet another member of the high school band ...

Leaving Gainsville
Dec 14, 2007 (2 photos)

December 14th:  6 am  -- Martijn, Jared & I start our very long driving day... Gainesville to Marco Island, FL (aka Legoland) to rent a car, then to the Gulf Coast Ranger Station in Everglades City to get our backcountry permits & drop ...

Jetlag and heat
Dec 2, 2006

I've been on 3 continents in 5 days and I've got one serious case of jetlag. It's hot enough to need the air conditioner here in FLA. Still haven't decided when I'm going home yet.

gainesvillle
Jun 28, 2008

difficult to be a pedestrian here go gators

Back at Uni
Jun 6, 2008 (2 photos)

DATE: Friday, June 6, 2008 LOCATION: Gainesville Florida MILES TRAVELLED: Into Town approx 7 miles WHERE WE ARE STAYING: Payne Prairie State Park. WHAT IT COSTS AND INCLUDES: US$ 16.00 Very clean and includes electricity and water. DEISEL PRICE: ...