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…
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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…
The Okefenokee Swamp straddles the Georgia-Florida line. It is the largest “blackwater” swamp in North America. At the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, we took the 7.2-mile Swamp Island Drive through the park and did not see actually see any…
A 3-Day Visit to Savannah Catapulted This City Into Our Top 5 U.S. Cities To Visit
Growing up in the Western U.S., I’ve never been drawn to the South, but it only took 3 days to fall in love with Charleston (post here) and Savannah? Well…stalker-like infatuation is not too strong a statement! Like Charleston,…
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…
If y’all are suckers for that Southern charm of Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Lawrence, George Clooney, or Matthew McConaughey, you’ve likely also imagined that perfect Southern town and Charleston may be what you’ve pictured. If you’re also hopein’ for sweet…