May 20, 2025 – The Casita Adventures Begin!

While taking refuge from the heat in the air-conditioned Casita, it's difficult to imagine that in less than 3 weeks, we'll be above the 45th parallel ferrying our truck and trailer across the Gulf of St Lawrence to Newfoundland. A couple days after that, we'll be as far north as the 52nd parallel and as … Continue reading May 20, 2025 – The Casita Adventures Begin! →

Apr 27, 2025 – Testing the Casita While Gathering Rosebuds

If you need to haul your Casita back home over 1000 miles, you may as well take your time and do a little sightseeing along the way. After pulling a 33’ fifth wheel around the country for seven years, the 17’ trailer would be a whole new experience for us. So, from Rice, Texas to … Continue reading Apr 27, 2025 – Testing the Casita While Gathering Rosebuds →

Oct 27, 2024 – A Bittersweet Ending to our 2024 Travels

Since 2018, crossing Florida’s state border line marks the beginning of the end of our travels for the year and reminds us we are coming home to Chokoloskee Island for the winter. This year following several months of traveling, we crossed the state line with our fifth wheel in tow for the last time. Florida … Continue reading Oct 27, 2024 – A Bittersweet Ending to our 2024 Travels →

Jun 11, 2022 – Art and Nature Florida Style

Our travels began on June 11, five weeks past our original day of departure. Our route through Florida included six campgrounds in 17 days. Campgrounds included COE Ortona South (B), Colt Creek State Park (C), Magnolia Park (D), Lake Louisa State Park (E), Silver Lake State Forest Campground (F) and Ho Hum RV Park (G). … Continue reading Jun 11, 2022 – Art and Nature Florida Style →

Apr 11, 2021 – Gorgeous George

Clear skies over Chokoloskee Island, the morning we left to begin our 2021 travels. Eleven months earlier to the day, both Vivian and I sat down with our ipads and a smart phone running an atomic clock app. After studying a satellite image of St George Island State Park campground, viewing each site at street-level, … Continue reading Apr 11, 2021 – Gorgeous George →

Oct 5, 2020 – Her Florida

After several months of traveling, we are welcomed back to Florida. “We need above all, I think, a certain remoteness from urban confusion.” Marjory Kinnan Rawlings After several months of traveling, crossing the state line into Florida conjures mixed feelings. We could easily turn around and continue traveling, but we also get a warm and … Continue reading Oct 5, 2020 – Her Florida →

Oct 6, 2019 – Limping Back to Florida

The Vicksburg Military National Park's cemetery. By the time we got to Mississippi, we were road weary. And Mississippi seemed as weary as we were. It was a sad place in many ways with remnants of tragic history made mostly during the Civil War. We came to Vicksburg to continue our lessons on the Civil … Continue reading Oct 6, 2019 – Limping Back to Florida →

Jun 16, 2019 – Springing into Action

Driving in Florida, in the summer. Our five-month trip begins here. Our tow route to Blue Springs State Park. Avoid driving I-4 through Orlando while pulling at all costs! Our 250-mile towing route from Chokoloskee Island to Blue Spring State Park began and ended without drama. Well, maybe a little drama as we drove I-4 … Continue reading Jun 16, 2019 – Springing into Action →

Aug 5, 2018 – Florida’s Unconquered

“The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the government to remove the Indians to the homes assigned them west of the Mississippi.” President Martin Van Buren I rarely think about names of places, but Lake Seminole’s name is familiar, yet seems out of place. So, I … Continue reading Aug 5, 2018 – Florida’s Unconquered →

Aug 3, 2018 – A Room with a Changing View

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” Bill Bryson Vivian and I have a routine when camping in the Everglades that … Continue reading Aug 3, 2018 – A Room with a Changing View →