We’ve visited a lot of my family on this trip. My sister and brother-in-law in Texas and then in Florida, my dad in Missouri, my uncle and cousin in Florida, and all my siblings and their partners in New Orleans.…
Orlando a Third Time
After Pine Island, we returned to the Orlando Thousand Trails park for another 10 days. This was our third time here. Large RV parks aren’t my favorite places to camp, but with our zone pass, we can stay at Thousand…
Sanibel and Pine Islands
When we left the Keys, we headed toward Fort Myers. We had reservations at a KOA on Pine Island, which we had chosen for its proximity to Sanibel Island (where we planned to meet my cousin) and its price. (It’s…
Marathon Key
Marathon is one of the main towns in the Keys, about half-way to Key West. It doesn’t have the historic charm of Key West, but it’s so much calmer and less touristy. We drove into Marathon a couple of times…
Key West, Florida
Key West is the furthest island off the southernmost tip of Florida. Until 1912, when Henry Flagler completed his Overseas Railroad connecting the islands, it was just a small fishing village. When the railway was damaged beyond repair by a…
Sugarloaf Women’s Village
I never got to go to summer camp as a kid, but our stay at Sugarloaf more than made up for that missing experience in my life. It felt like a summer camp for mature lesbians. No campfires and s’mores,…
Palm Beach Connections
We had two good reasons to come to Palm Beach: to visit our former neighbor, Janet, and to meet up with Kate’s cousin, Scott. Janet suggested staying in the John Prince Park Campground, which is a wonderful park right in…
Sebastian Inlet
At the end of our visit with Corrine (see Soggy Reunion), we drove just a few miles down the road to Sebastian Inlet State Park. This is a nice park that comprises both sides of the ocean inlet, two beaches,…
Soggy Reunion
There were a lot of things that made Kate’s job as a psychiatric social worker a hard one, but her coworkers kept her going. Corinne was one of Kate’s favorites. For several years, they shared a small office, and the…
Orlando Again
We’ve had some near misses with weather on this trip. We’ve narrowly dodged three tornadoes and a deadly flood. We had reservations to be in the Peace River Thousand Trails park in Wauchula for two weeks, starting on the 16th.…
St. Augustine, Florida
What a gem of a historic coastal town. This was my sister and brother-in-law’s next destination after Daytona, and after my sister’s description of it, we decided to tag along with them for a couple of days. Anastasia State Park…
Coquina Rock Beach
While we were staying in Ormond Beach, we drove north one day to a beach that’s filled with coquina rocks. Coquina rock is sedimentary rock formed entirely from compressed shells. Like sandstone, it’s soft and easily shaped by water. So…