One last glimpse of Florida on the blog before we move on to Georgia. I miss those sandy white beaches and majestic sunsets already. Dear Family (and anyone else who cares), I’m trying to keep up with our adventures but with homeschooling, sight seeing, driving, and life stuff. I’m finding it difficult to find the [...]
Tag Archives: National Parks
St. Augustine Florida – Rich in History
May 2, 2012
St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States. It’s actually the oldest continuously occupied city of European and African descent in the United States if you want to get specific. St. Augustine was founded by the Spanish in 1565 and is a must see for any family touring the US in an RV studying American history. [...]
Alligators in the Everglades
May 1, 2012
Vultures, gators, and crocs! Oh my! (How I would love ruby red hiking boots.) Alligators in the Everglades National Park. Reservations for the Flamingo campground at Everglades National Park are “strongly recommended“. Do you think we make reservations? Of course not. We just drove up to the gate hoping there would be a spot for [...]
Escaping Reality at Fort Pickens, Florida
March 16, 2012
Our visit to the Gulf Islands National Seashore was brief. So brief it must have been a dream. It is only in dreams you can convince a grumpy-die-by-the-rules ranger to let you in the campground without reservations after the gate has closed at dusk. It is only in dreams you see turbulent clouds dancing with shadows [...]
Charm and Carousel Horses in Meridian, Mississippi
February 29, 2012
When I think of the south I think of plantations, sweet tea, and alligators. I also think of southern charm. And Missy. Missy is a sweet charming southern girl who I met through blogging. When Missy heard we were in the south she gave us some suggestions of what to see. It was Missy who [...]
Day 90: Great Smokey Mountain National Park
February 15, 2012
The Great Smokey Mountains National Park is the first national park I can remember visiting. Although I think my first national park visit was really to the Grand Canyon when my parents looked like hipsters and drove a van. A real van with a moon shaped window and an airbrushed mural. I probably rode on [...]
Day 80-81: Clueless or Cozy?
January 22, 2012
We decided to wait out the storm. Alone. The morning of the storm we noticed the other three campers in the campground were packing up. By noon, the snow started falling and ice- the real problem- started forming on the roads. So we waited because we are clueless we thought it would be cozy and (much [...]
Day 79: Mammoth Cave National Park
January 20, 2012
We had our first overnight guests! Jeff, my brother, and his son drove down with us from Indiana. I can’t tell you how wonderful it was to have them with us for the night and to share with them the mystery of Mammoth Cave. My brother is a very special person to me. Although we are not [...]
Day 56: Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
January 5, 2012
We didn’t know what to expect when we decided to go to Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs Arkansas. All I knew was I getting the cancellation stamp in my National Park Passport. Hot Springs National Park is the smallest national park and was the first federal reserve in the United States. For hundreds [...]
Day 28: Uh-Oh.
December 8, 2011
Today, we left Carlsbad, New Mexico, bound for Marfa, Texas. We weren’t too far down the road when we came upon a pleasant surprise- Guadalupe Mountains National Park. How one just stumbles upon a national park, I don’t know. If we were better planners we would have noticed that we would be passing another national [...]







May 10, 2012
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