Category: Florida
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Manatee Springs State Park
This is the second time we have been to Manatee Springs, and we will be back! The campground is excellent and the springs and boardwalk are very cool. It is a short stream from the springs to the lovely Suwannee River, but don’t underestimate it. Depending on the time you come, there will be opportunities…
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Six Mile Cypress Slough
The Audubon Corkscrew Swamp is one of my favorite places anywhere. Similarly, Six Mile Cypress Slough is a winding boardwalk through a swamp with a great opportunity to see wildlife along with cypress trees, epiphytes and flowers. I spent the morning looking, but it was one of those days when the wildlife was hiding out…
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Bonita Springs, Florida
While the Airstream was getting solar panels, we were fortunate to stay with a friend from Charlottesville, Sheri. She has a gorgeous home on a wonderful lot overlooking a lake. Sheri took great care of us for three days. One day, while a potential buyer came to see the house, we went to explore old…
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Drunken Computer
How will I ever catch up?! After a few days on the road to Florida, my computer got drunk and became completely worthless. It all started with good intentions as I poured a healthy glass of wine and opened the cabinet above the table to get A&K music player. Caution! Things may have moved during…
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Fort Pickens National Park
Sunday, March 14, 2021 Willy, one of the camp hosts at Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park, stopped to tell us where to stop on our travels to Mobile Bay. This park and campground is great. It is unique in several way, one being they have great volunteer support. They also have great staff and…
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Kayak Rocky Bayou and Rock Creek
Saturday, March 13, 2021, We put the kayaks on Rocky Bayou in the middle of the campground, our mission to find Rock Creek and paddle up it. Paddling along the shore gave us a new perspective of this beautiful area. The near side of the Bayou is Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park that sits…
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Looking for Rock Creek
Friday, March 12, 2021 Interested in floating Rock Creek in Eglin Air Force Base, we drove to the base and headed up a rutted, sand road. At first the surrounding land was dry, brushy land with a few trees. I thought I was in Africa, and expected to see a lion around the next turn.…
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Florida 30-A
Driving south, we crossed the Mid-Bay Bridge to drive highway 30A along the Florida panhandle coast. Martha had heard about a happening food truck place in Seaside called WaterColor. Rt.98 is the main highway traveling east-west on the panhandle, and it is a busy road. 30-A is the seaside road. I was amazed at the…
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Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Sandra and Ruff have headed back home now. We enjoyed our time together, and now they are veteran campers. I think they are hooked! We went on a 3-mile hike on the Sand Pine Trail in Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park to check things out. It’s a pretty walk along…
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Errands
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Our travel companions for the last three weeks are headed home today. We spend a nice morning together, talking about how fast it all goes, what we liked best, what to change and what places we would revisit. Too soon it was time for them to head out, and we said…