When we decided to see the Everglades, I pictured a muddy and mucky swamp with massive spiders, snakes hanging overhead (ready to drop), man-hungry alligators racing towards me, backwoods Jethro homesteads, and deep within the Everglades, dead bodies. (OK,…
2022 RECAP 2022 was our year to see the eastern states. We wanted to see a lot of historical sites, take in the fall colors, look for potential retirement locations, and spend our holidays in Key West. Part way through…
Key West’s great vibe, pretty beaches and compact historic downtown has a lot to offer if you book a few things in advance (Key West post with information and tips linked here), but if you have the time, there…
Highlands Hammock State Park is one of the earliest examples of a grass-roots campaign to support the environment. Local citizens acquired the property here and agreed to protect it even before the Florida state park system was established in…
I’d guess that every 8 times of out 10 years, Doug requests a family bike ride for his birthday and this year was no exception. We rode the The Spanish Moss Trail, a rail to trail near Beaufort (pronounced…
Milbridge is on the northeastern coast of Maine and about an hour away from Acadia National Park. We had the tiny campground of McClellen Park and its rocky shoreline to ourselves the night before we entered Bar Harbor and Acadia…
The Cabot Trail is a scenic roadway around Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island that is touted as one of the most famous drives in Canada. Driving it without stopping and without traffic (both probably unheard of) would only take…
Some people don’t like living history activities like Williamsburg, Renaissance faires, or Civil War reenactments, which I don’t altogether understand. What’s not to love about the theatrics of travelling back in time to meet knights, bar wenches, pilgrims, revolutionary…
From Montreal (post here) we followed the Saint Laurent River north to reach Quebec City. Quebec City is not quite as bike friendly as Montreal, but it is still bike friendly and is also very walkable given its size…
Canada’s Quebec Province in eastern Canada is like going to France without hopping on a plane to cross the ocean! That’s right, you can drive there! C’est magnifique, non? Our first stop in this province was Montreal, the second…
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