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Gainesville Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Gainesville, United States
Proud New Member of the Gator Nation
This is a top pick! ... in Myrtle Beach and stayed with some friends, and then made my way down to the University of Florida campus and stayed in Gainesville for a number of days. There is not an adjective that I know of that can truly express how impressed I was with the ...
On the road again
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 ...
Racing the Rain
... could run in to ANYWHERE in the world...LOL After visiting the falls we arrived about 30 miles later at our stop for the night, Gainesville, GA. We are staying at the Super 8 Motel. We will arise in the morning, pack up PEARL and head out for another ...
The long-a** ride, Part Deux
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
What a trip. I 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 ...
Keyif Debreifing
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
... 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. ...
Could it REALLY happen twice in one trip?
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 ...
You Say Gelato, I Say Gelato Americano
... 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
... 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 ...
Almost to Gainesville
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 ...
Shakespeare was a Bumb
... 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 ...
the hills that no one knows about
... little traffic. 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 ...
we are more than half way!
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 ...
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 ...
9/5/96
Here we are in Gainesville, Fl where The Cure just got done with an average show. This morning Moe’s aunt-type person woke me up to say goodbye around 7:00am-ish. Fell back asleep and woke up again around 11:00am. We sat around watching Richard Bey ...
Home Sweet Home (Again)
... years I am moving to a new place and starting something different with my life. This time, the destination of choice is Gainesville, Florida. Beautiful little city in North-Central Florida that of course, is famous for being the home of the University of ...
Blue Orange vs Purple Gold
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
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 ...
The Non-Existent Attraction and the Ale House
... there was no parking to actually take picture of it! Defeated and hit the motel and in turn, the pub Place called Gainesville Ale House, had some pretty good deals, $6 a pitchers, so pretty much $1.50 a pint Also Newcastle Brown Ale is big ...
arriving in Texas
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 ...
Dirty Secrets
Today has been about making their way up the Tombigbee and dirty secrets. Dirty, silty, river water continues to play havoc with the water cooling of the Perla's engine. First thing this morning was repair time and they installed the new ...
The beginning.
... with the same quality as the human eye. I can only aspire to get closer and closer to this quality with more practice. We decided to stop in Gainesville for the night and continue our trip to our first destination - Louisville, KY - tomorrow ...
Wedding Day!
Shannon looked so beautiful and everyone seemed to enjoy the wedding and it was wonderful to have so much family in one ...
Gainesvilles Reverse Andes
... Ecuador and the high altitudes of the Andes and Ku and the dog are just along for the fun. I have come to call this Gainesville's other Gym as there are regulars you meet on the 236 stairs that descend into the earth as you climb down and that give ...
Freeway
We picked up the rental car from the Pensacola airport and began the road trip. The car is a Nissan Versa. The day was spent on freeways passing by Tallahassee and Lake City travelling east. At Lake City we began our southward ...