Category: Travel & EDC
Millie’s Diner, Richmond, Virginia
Key West, Recon by Air
The first main decision in Beached planning was to determine the area of operations (AO). Recon by air gave us a higher, better vantage point, so we took a ride. Ultimately, we decided to keep the AO in and around Key West, which is about 4 miles long and 2 miles wide. It’s the swimming …
8 Days in Key West
Key West is Vegas meets the Bahamas, and it’s a blast. Locals call it paradise, and it hardly felt like work to plan Beached, our 4 day event down there in May. We ran pretty hard, sometimes literally, and breaks are always encouraged (though not for the liver). More on the Conch Republic in the …
Captain Stan’s Smokehouse, Woodbine, Georgia
I wish Captain Stan’s Smokehouse were in my neighborhood so I could drink beer and hang out there every weekend. I got lessons on local oysters, gator huntin’, hog huntin’, and how live music should be heard. Yes, please. Thank you. Ring toss and a gator’s skull setting the ambiance. Doesn’t get much better than …
Gitman Bros. Factory, Ashland, Pennsylvania
Gitman Bros. makes old school shirts in the coal miner’s town of Ashland, Pennsylvania. I was lucky enough to get the 30 minute tour — then I was invited, all smiles, to hang out as long as I wanted. I found people curious as to why I would want to visit — but then without …