With a three week window of no responsibilities, we decided to head to the Grand Canyon and see how we do on a cross-country trip. Three of us started out together as Noah had a three day weekend and suggested we stop at a school friend’s house in western North Carolina. They were kind enough…

The railroad in St Marys didn’t delay us too long and we arrived at Colleton State Park in South Carolina just before they closed the gates at sunset.  We did stop for more bread on the way and found another Sprinter camper van, this one a Roadtrek, parked at a Publix. Couldn’t resist parking beside them.…

Leaving Tomoka in the rain we headed north again. Once we crossed the new bridge in Jacksonville, it wasn’t long before we left Florida and were ready for lunch. Remembering that there is a submarine museum in Georgia, we pulled into the little town of St. Mary’s to find it in the midst of a…

Flooded Streets in Homestead Last I wrote, we were leaving the Florida Keys because it was non-stop rain. Stopping at a filling station, we had to stay out of the street because there was so much water. Avoiding the busy tollways in Miami, we drove route 997 north through the sawgrass of the everglades. After…

Mark & Beth at New River Groves – Photo by Judi Noah had to return to North Carolina for school, but we didn’t have to go north yet. We dropped him at the airport in Fort Lauderdale and one of the other student’s parents picked him up in Durham. We waited at the airport until…

Beth at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge The area around Jonathan Dickinson State Park has lots of other interesting natural attractions, not to mention the shopping and restaurants in surrounding Tequesta, Jupiter and Juno Beach.  A new spot, to us, was the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge. We’ve traversed the intracoastal waterway (ICW) through the…