Category: Camping

  • Camping on the Okechobee

    Camping on the Okechobee

    14 May 2021 Did you know it is possible to cross Florida by boat?  We’ve done it via sailboat in the past, but today we are heading across by campervan. With the propane leak repaired and a good visit with my mom in Largo, we set out for a cross-Florida drive to visit Beth’s family.…

  • Into the Swamp

    Into the Swamp

    04 May 2021 Waking up at Trader’s Hill Campground, we found a message from, friend and fine bass, Joe Simpson letting us know that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was just down the road. Two of his former co-workers run Okefenokee Adventures so Joe encouraged us to stop by and say “hey” from for him. Always up for new…

  • Trainspotting In Folkston

    Trainspotting In Folkston

    03 May 2021 Today Beth is humoring me with a sidetrip to the Folkston Funnel to see some trains. At 0830 we left Cypress Grove Campground and Lake Santee in South Carolina behind to head south on I-95. Noon had us eating lunch in the van at Georgia Peach World. We checked out the parking…

  • NC to Santee and Lake Marion

    NC to Santee and Lake Marion

    02 May 2021 On our way to Florida, we planned an easy and familiar destination, just four hours south. Leaving home a little after nine, by noon we had pulled over into a parking lot at Robeson Community College to make lunch. Classes weren’t in session, so we had no competition for a spot in…

  • Following the Neuse

    Following the Neuse

    Living near the Eno River, we enjoy a little bit of nature there most every day. Not far from us, the Eno combines with the Flat River forming Falls Lake, a major water supply for Raleigh, the capitol city of North Carolina. The outfall of that lake is the beginning of the Neuse River. For…

  • Escape to Kerr Lake

    Escape to Kerr Lake

    11 March 2021 Forecasted daytime highs in the 80’s gave us an excuse to leave the confines of our neighborhood and go visit a new (to us) campground on Kerr Lake. Built by the US Army Corps of Engineers damming the Roanoke River in the early 1950’s, Kerr Lake reservoir has over 800 miles of…