My aunt and uncle on my mom’s side moved from Minneapolis to Tampa and then to Parrish Florida. We’d been looking forward to seeing them for months. Some CA friends, Donna and Bob, were tired of the CA rain…
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If “Miami Vice”-like, Barbie-colored, Art Deco buildings and roller-skating bikinis is your image of Miami, you’re mostly right! And not only is there good reason for that, but there’s good reason to visit even if it doesn’t sound like…
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,…
If you’re anything like us, you like roadside attractions and fresh farm stands are your jam! Robert Is Here, near Homestead FL just west of Highway 1, combines them both! In 1959, 6-year-old Robert Moehling was instructed to sell…
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…
The Florida Keys are a popular winter destination for RVers. Key West, in particular, has the right mix of laid back, 5-o’clock-somewhere, beach vibe and vibrant Cuban festival. There are 3 things you should book far in advance if…
Like the Creole Nature Trail in Louisiana (post here), the road driving towards our campground in Big Cypress National Preserve, Highway 41 (aka the Tamiami Trail which cuts across the state of Florida from Miami to Tampa) was built…
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…
We don’t use any of our RV space for storage of holiday decorations of any kind, gifts, or wrapping paper so thank goodness Amazon has a gift-wrap service and we have helpful family and friends who will throw unwrapped…
If you attended elementary school in the 70s you might have seen a series of kids short skits, songs, poems, and animations that were part of a movie called “Free To Be You and Me”. The main goal was…
