Frolicking Friday #3
Posting this at the end of a very fantastic Friday! We hope you survived the short post-Memorial Weekend workweek and found bliss in whatever your evening entailed.
Dusty and Jason are camping out on the rainy San Juan islands this weekend while I’ll be staying in town working on a few projects. Next weekend will be the Gemini Camping Trip which is always a fun time. Until then, here’s this week’s photo:
I took this photo of ScenicBoy Patrick 5 years ago today. Patrick was our first friend to ever strip down with us on a camping trip. This was one of the last trips we went on together before he moved away to Japan for 3 years. He’s back in the U.S. now and happily living with his amazing boyfriend, Austin, who is also a fan of our blog and will hopefully become a ScenicBoy himself before the summer is through.
Have a wonderful weekend, Adventure People!! <3
Everglades to Key West
Jason and I have been together for just over 9 months now. He has become such a joyful light in my life and I can’t help but feel lucky to have found someone that is so handsome, polite and enjoys my crazy friends as much as me. I also feel fortunate to know that he and Garet have formed a great friendship and frequently kick it with one another. I am happy to be sharing the first of many adventures to come…
Our trip began in Atlanta, Georgia, where Jason introduced me to his parents, his older brother and his brother’s partner. We spent a couple days with the family and touring the Dogwood City, before hopping another plane bound for Miami. Knowing we only had a few hours here, we immediately rented a car and drove to the beach. We drank margaritas in an orange themed restaurant and watched the eye candy stroll by.
While initially planning this vacation, we budgeted a whole day to exploring Everglades National Park. Leading up to the trip I knew there were two things that I really wanted to do here. 1) see a roseate spoonbill in the wild, and 2) hold a baby alligator. One of these wishes came true while on our tour through the Park. We stopped at a pond to watch wading birds in their rookeries and saw a bright pink spoonbill in flight. Look for it in the first half of our video.
After driving 4 hours over the bridges at connect the Florida Keys, we got to Key West and spent the rest of the evening exploring our hotel. This place was so fun and sexy! The rooms were fluffy and decked out with Aveta products and homoerotic art. The pool was right next to the restaurant, there were two hot tubs, a steam room, sauna, gym and a video room for the most adventurous, and all this was clothing optional. The Island House and its sexy staff really went out of their way to be the highlight of our trip.
Another fun adventure we did on this tropical getaway was The Blu Q Cruise. The crew on this catamaran were very knowledgeable and entertaining as they guided us, and bunch of other gay men, to the Key West National Wildlife Refuge. Here we snorkeled over a sea sponge garden and kayaked through a mangrove forest, both things neither of us had done before.
As I’m sure you know, Key West is a very gay friendly city. There was plenty for us to see and to experience. The gay bars were fun, but very mixed. Most places had more cougars than gay boys; but for good reason, there were sexy go-go boys everywhere! We found the best food at the Pink Flamingo Café and Shor American Seafood Grill. On our final day in paradise, I finally got to hold a cuddly little baby alligator at the aquarium.








