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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Wednesday morning, December 7, 2022 we left Wekiwa Springs State Park and drove a little over 2 hours in a southeasterly direction to Sebastian Inlet State Park. Cindy loves the beach. Not like the getting in the water swimming (who knows what might get you out there…a shark, a jellyfish or even man-eating seaweed) kind …
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Wednesday, November 23rd we packed up Voyager and Nomad to drive about an hour away from Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont to Wekiwa Springs State Park, just north of Orlando in the Apopka area. We’d be spending the next two weeks there so that we were a little closer to the kids and grandkids …
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On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 we left Manatee Springs State Park Chiefland, FL one day before our reservation was complete so that we could drive to Orlando to vote in the 2022 Florida elections. When we originally made our reservations almost a year prior, we had not noticed that Election Day would be on the …
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 …
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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Wednesday morning, October 12, 2022 we left the Sumner Crest Winery in Portland, Tennessee and drove a nice, short 81 miles to Mammoth Cave National Park in Southern Kentucky. The drive, though short, was beautiful as we enjoyed the leaves changing colors and raining down on us while we glided beneath them on the road. …
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Tuesday Morning, October 11, 2022 we left the T.O. Fuller State Park just outside of Memphis and drove 251 miles to the Sumner Crest Winery in Portland, Tennessee to boondock overnight using our Harvest Host membership. Sumner Crest Winery opened its doors in 1997 and has been using the soil of Northern Tennessee since then …
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After our quick visit to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas on Thursday, October 6, 2022, we were back on the road to our next stay; the T.O. Fuller State Park just outside the city best-known for its roots to the music of Blues and Rock ‘n Roll, Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis …
Memphis, Tennessee – Blues, B.B. King, and Beale Street – October 6 – 11, 2022 Read More »
On Wednesday, October 5, 2022 we left the Belle Starr Campground on Lake Eufala in Oklahoma and drove 202 miles to Conway, Arkansas where we would spend the night boondocking in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel Restaurant. Although we have known about the ability to park your RV overnight in Cracker Barrel parking …
