Road Trip

Sandy Creek Park – Jasper, Texas – March 5 – 12, 2023

Sunday morning, March 5, 2023 we left Natchez State Park in Natchez, Mississippi and drove about 4 hours to our next stop for 7 nights; Sandy Creek Park in Jasper, Texas. If it didn’t add so much mileage and time to our trip I would gladly drive around Louisiana. However, I’m happy to say we …

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Natchez State Park – Natchez, MS – March 2 – 5, 2023

Thursday morning, March 2, 2023 we got up, got everything torn down/hooked up and left Davis Bayou Campground in Ocean Springs, Mississippi for a 3 1/2 hour drive to Natchez State park in Natchez, Mississippi. This was going to be a short three-day stay so Cindy could see some old Antebellum homes, but we also …

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Davis Bayou Campground – Gulf Island National Seashore – Ocean Springs, MS – February 21 – March 2, 2023

On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 we left Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park in Niceville, Florida and drove 170 miles to another bayou…the Davis Bayou Campground in Ocean Springs, Mississippi which is part of the Gulf Island National Seashore. We would be staying here for nine days as we make our way west across the …

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Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park – Niceville, Florida (Part Two) – February 7 – 21, 2023

In 1940 the U.S. Forestry Service surrendered an 800 square-mile area of Florida Gulf Coast shoreline covered in pine trees to the War Department. The area in a largely uninhabited section of the Florida panhandle became a major site for gunnery and bombing practice by nearby Eglin Air Force base during World War II. As …

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Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park – Niceville, Florida (Part One) – February 7 – 21, 2023

On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 we left Three Rivers State Park in Sneads, Florida and drove the relatively short distance of less than 2 hours to the Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park in Niceville, Florida. I think I’ve mentioned before that this year we are taking our time leaving The Sunshine State and the …

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Three Rivers State Park – Sneads, Florida – February 1 – 7, 2023

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 we drove 174 miles from Hart Springs Campground to Three Rivers State park in Sneads, Florida. Sneads is not far from Marianna, Florida where we stayed last January and enjoyed taking a tour of the Florida Caverns. Sneads is where Florida meets the southwest corner of Georgia. Back in 1947 the …

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Hart Springs Campground – Bell, Florida – January 18 to February 1, 2023

Our next stop was Hart Springs, a Gilchrist County park in Bell, Florida. Bell is about 40 miles west of Gainesville, Florida. Hart Springs sits on the Suwannee River and has one of the largest spring-fed swimming areas in the state of Florida. The RV campground is to the east of the river and is …

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Hillsborough River State Park – January 4 – 17, 2023

Wednesday January 4, 2023 we left Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida and drove a little over an hour to Hillsborough River State Park near Thonotosassa, Florida. This would be our second time staying at this State Park. We were here for the first time back in 2021. We were booked into a different …

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Lyndhurst, Virginia – October 17 – 25, 2022

We left Mammoth Cave on Monday, October 17, 2022 and drove to Charleston, West Virginia for a one-night stay at Cracker Barrel. Cindy likes those stays since she doesn’t have to cook dinner or, usually, breakfast. On this stop we did both AND Cindy bought herself, Ann, and Amber each their own Costco-sized package of …

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Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (Part 2) – October 12 – 17, 2022

So, after messing up and not getting a ticket for a guided tour of Mammoth Cave, I bought one of the few tickets left for the self-guided tour of the Historic Entrance of the original cave that was found by John Houchin who, according to legend, discovered the entrance while hunting for black bear in …

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