One of the best things about having a travel blog is getting suggestions from people on where to go. My friend, Elizabeth, saw we were in the Daytona Beach area and suggested going to Blue Spring State Park to see…
Sisters in Daytona
My sister and brother-in-law have a timeshare, and this year they decided to use it to vacation somewhere near us. The closest place was Daytona Beach, and we found an RV resort in nearby Ormond Beach. We had a whole…
Wekiwa Springs Weekend
Coming here, after weeks in RV parks, was like exiting a mall on a sunny day and realizing what you’ve been missing. RV parks have their pluses. Full hook-ups, pools, laundry rooms… And for us, with our Thousand Trails membership,…
Not Wild About Wildwood
After Christmas, we landed at Three Flags RV Park in Wildwood, Florida for a couple of weeks. There’s nothing wrong with this place. It’s a standard RV park, I guess. It’s got a small pool, miniature golf, shuffleboard. But for…
A Vacation from Vacation
After Christmas, we returned to Camping World in Lake City, where our RV parts were finally in. It would take a few days this time, so we had reservations at a nearby Holiday Inn. We packed up the car with…
Christmas at the Ranch
Ever since we first started this trip last spring, people have asked us, “What are you going to do at Christmas?” We’ve never had a Christmas without family – first trekking back to Missouri to reunite with my mom and…
Life on Easy Street
We planned on spending most of the winter in Florida, and we were warned to get reservations early. Our Thousand Trails membership allows us to stay up to two weeks in a park, then we have to be out for…
Lunch with Santa
It just so happens that Kate and I are personal friends with Santa Claus, and when he saw on my blog that we were headed to Florida, he emailed me to let me know he would be in Orlando for…
Warm Holiday in Winter Park
We’d heard from a few people that if we were near Orlando, we should check out Winter Park. So one late afternoon we drove over from our RV park, and we were delighted by it. In a sea of theme…
Return for Repairs
After New Orleans and Panacea, we had to bring Bessie back to Camping World for a few of the repairs on our list. We stayed in the Lake City Walmart parking lot, which was a wild and happening place. There…
Tallahassee Reunion
My family moved from Iowa to Tallahassee in 1967, when I was almost 13. That was a tumultuous time to move to the South, and as a liberal-raised Yankee, I never could really fit in. There were still “White Only”…
New Friends in the Florida Panhandle
When we were camping in the Savannah Visitor’s Center parking lot a few weeks ago, I started up a conversation with another camper who was walking her very cute Portuguese water dog. Barbara Ann and her husband, William, were there…