Category: Camping

After an early morning stroll on the boardwalk we left Manatee Springs heading for Tallahassee. The 128 mile morning drive was very different from South Florida. Traffic was minimal and there were thirty mile stretches without a gas stations or store. Arriving in Tallahassee, we were fortunate to find shaded on-street parking. The Historic Florida…

This marks the beginning of a trip that will take us from Florida, up the spine of the continent in the Rocky Mountains and around the North Shore of Lake Superior over four months before returning home to North Carolina.  The map shows a few of the places we stopped since turning on tracking in…

From Anastasia State Park it was a short jump over the Bridge of Lions into St Augustine. Stopping wasn’t in our plan this time, but it is one of our favorite towns. This Red Train waited at a light after picking up passengers at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. The fort, completed in 1695,…

The folks at Jetty Park gave us a discount coupon for the new Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral, so we decided to check it out before leaving town. The lobby has creative marine life mobiles constructed from beach trash. At seven stories tall, the views of the port area from the top floor are great.…

We woke to a chilly 44 degrees in Hobe Sound so nixed the Scrub Jay walk and headed out. Time wasn’t an issue, so we drove the coastal route north. Stopping at Fort Pierce marina to stretch, we found another Lexor in the parking lot. No sign of the owners though, they might be out…