Pensacola, Florida... Move along.. Nothing to see here..
We spent the week just outside of Pensacola and I must say I found the city very, very.. unremarkable. Given that it was founded in 1555,...
- Mar 15, 2018
- 3 min
Winter Garden, Florida.. Charming town; lousy camp ground..
As I've written about in the past, you never know what you're going to find when you select a camp ground. We've had delightful...
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- Mar 8, 2018
- 3 min
Escaping from East Berlin 1956
One of most enjoyable aspects of traveling the country is meeting people from different walks of life, different states or even different...
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- Feb 28, 2018
- 2 min
Our first time..
It really was our very first time.. but more on that a bit later. After leaving the Keys, we drove across "Alligator Alley" to...
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- Feb 24, 2018
- 3 min
Sometimes I am overwhelmed with how little I know about RVing..
Whenever we have to back into a campsite, it always seems to attract a crowd. Not because of how stellar our driving skills are or how...
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- Feb 21, 2018
- 1 min
It's a "Keysie" thing
We spent a total of nine days in the Keys traveling from Key Largo to Key West. We ate at many wonderful restaurants, kayaked, hiked many...
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- Feb 21, 2018
- 3 min
All that's left behind are the stories...
Hurricane Irma not only scarred the landscape it also left an indelible scar on the psyche of many residents of the Keys. The...
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- Feb 9, 2018
- 2 min
“Everything is underwater, I mean everything!”
These words were uttered by Larry Kahn, an editor for the Keynoter, a local Florida Keys newspaper as Hurricane Irma passed overhead...
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- Jan 29, 2018
- 5 min
We just stayed at the noisiest place in southern Florida
After leaving a wonderful campground in Mims (Seasons In The Sun), we drove 260 miles south to Boardwalk RV "Resort" in Homestead. We...
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- Jan 20, 2018
- 2 min
On the road, again!
After successfully escaping the clutches of the evil "Snow Miser" in the frigid northeast, we arrived back in sunny, warm(er) Florida...
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- Jan 19, 2018
- 2 min
"It would take a miracle!"
In the 1980's film, Princess Bride (best movie ever) Max the miracle man and his wife produce an antidote that revived our hero Wesley...
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- Dec 23, 2017
- 1 min
Christmas RV style
For the past twenty years we have had a Christmas tradition. We would place gifts under the tree and hang stockings by the fireplace. If...
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- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
The Night of Lights -- St. Augustine, Florida
After leaving Jacksonville, we traveled down the coast to North Beach Camp Resort in St. Augustine. We had heard a lot about this...
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- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min
One of my life's high points
Yesterday, I had the privilege of officiating my niece Jenna's wedding in Jacksonville, Florida. The fact that she and her finance, Karl...
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- Dec 5, 2017
- 2 min
Death by a thousand mosquitoes!
We have the wedding of my niece this coming Saturday. I have been asked to officiate the wedding. Having never done something like this...
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- Dec 2, 2017
- 2 min
Friends Along The Way
Our RV is manufactured by a young company named Grand Design. After doing months of research, and listening/reading feedback from other...
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- Nov 29, 2017
- 1 min
I don't like snakes or gators! (Okefenokee Preserve)
..But we seem to be running into a lot of them critters down south. Today, Lorraine and I decided to hike through the Okefenokee National...
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- Nov 21, 2017
- 1 min
The Nomad Chicks
We have met all sorts of really interesting people at the parks at which we have stayed. People from as far north as Canada and as far...
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- Nov 20, 2017
- 2 min
Thanksgiving campground style
Kelly's Countryside RV campground, in Callahan, FL, is probably the smallest park we have stayed at to date. There are maybe about 60-65...
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- Nov 19, 2017
- 1 min
What's it feel like to haul an RV?
It kinda feels like this.. ..like I'm always taking up two lanes and --given my inexperience-- should be followed by a police escort....
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