Manatees at Blue Springs State Park in Orange City, Florida November 2025.

Blue Springs State Park Orange City, Florida Nov 25 – Dec 9, 2025

On Tuesday, November we left Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida for a 2 hour and 15 minute drive to Blue Springs State Park in Orange City, Florida. I know, I know, the map photo shows it should be a 1 hour and 15 minute drive, but as I’ve mentioned before, that is Google

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Bella on a trail at Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida November 11 - 25, 2025.

Lake Louisa State Park Clermont, Florida Nov 11 – 25, 2025

We left Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park around 11 am on Tuesday, November 11th and drove almost 3 1/2 hours to Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida for a 14-night stay. This is our 5th or 6th stay at this park, since it’s one of the closest to family and friends in

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Lake Johnson at Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park with alligator warning sign.

Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park in Keystone Heights, FL October 28 – Nov 11, 2025

Tuesday, October 28th around 1pm we left Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida and drove 70 miles southeast to Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park in Keystone Heights, Florida for a 14-night stay. This was our first time staying at this Florida State Park. I always enjoy those short

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Cindy and Jeff as snow people at Stephen Foster Cultural Center State Park in White Springs, Florida 2025

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida October 20 – 28, 2025

We left Evans County Public Fishing Area outside of Claxton, Georgia on Monday, October 20th for a three-hour drive to the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida. We were here previously in early 2022, back before we started this blog. Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park The Stephen Foster

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Cindy and Jeff at Cracker Barrel in Statesboro, GA on October 15, 2025

Evans County Public Fishing Area Claxton, Georgia October 10 – 20, 2025

We left Chattahoochee Bend State Park around 9 am on Friday, October 10, 2025 and drove 5 1/2 hours to Evans County Public Fishing Area in Claxton, Georgia for a 10-night stay. We drove through a very heavy rainstorm about 90 minutes out from Evans which slowed our drive time, but thankfully there was no

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Trail marker at Chattahoochee Bend State Park.

Chattahoochee Bend State Park, Newnan, Georgia October 1 – 10, 2025

After getting tired of waiting for USACE to make a decision about whether they would close Whitetail Ridge Campground, we left there around 12:30 pm on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 and drove about an hour north to Chattahoochee Bend State Park, near Newnan, Georgia for a 10-night stay. It’s more expensive than the USACE campground

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Site 47 at Whitetail Ridge Campground in LaGrange, Georgia on September 29, 2025.

Whitetail Ridge Campground LaGrange, Georgia Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2025

We left Twin Lakes Campground on Monday, September 29th around 10:45 am for a 4-hour drive to Whitetail Ridge Campground near LaGrange, Georgia for what was SUPPOSED to be a 14-night stay. But as we made that drive and arrived onsite we weren’t sure exactly how long we would be there due to the (at

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Sunset at Twin Lakes Campground in Pendleton, SC.

Twin Lakes Campground in Pendleton, South Carolina Sept. 15 – 29, 2025

We took our time on Monday, September 15th getting ready to leave Bolding Mill Campground because we weren’t going to leave until the noon check-out time for our drive to Twin Lakes Campground in Pendleton, South Carolina. Since the trip was only going to take 2 hours and check-in wasn’t until 3 pm, we could

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Cindy and Jeff in front of the Anna Ruby Falls in Chattahoochee National Forest on September 10, 2025.

Bolding Mill Campground in Gainesville, Georgia September 8 – 15, 2025

We left Grove Campground in The Bluegrass State around 9 am on Monday, September 8th for a 250-mile drive to Bolding Mill Campground in Gainesville, Georgia. We drove through part of Tennessee on our trip to where we’ll be spending 7-nights at another campground on Lake “Dead Bodies” Lanier in The Peach State. We arrived

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