a floridays journey

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Trip 7b – Blue Springs State Park

Trip 7b – Blue Springs State Park

Dates: Nov 23-24, 2024 Campsite: 33 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: Get up early to see the manatees Would we go back: Yes Website: Blue Springs State Park Breaking up the drive home was a great idea. I wonder who thought of that? We […]

Trip 7a – Skidaway Island State Park

Trip 7a – Skidaway Island State Park

Dates: Nov 20-23, 2024 Campsite: 20 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: Explore the camp store Would we go back: Yes Website: Skidaway Island State Park A short trip to Savannah GA to celebrate my parents 60th wedding anniversary. We stayed at Skidaway Island State […]

Trip 6 – Anastasia State Park

Trip 6 – Anastasia State Park

Dates: Nov 8 – 11, 2024 Campsite: 105 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: Keep checking website for canceled campsites Would we go back: Yes Website: Anastasia State Park Anastasia State Park is one of the more difficult state parks to get a reservation at […]

Loxahatchee Slough

Loxahatchee Slough

Palm Beach County FL has many areas to kayak and one of our favorites is Loxahatchee Slough in Palm Beach Gardens. The 4 mile trail (out-n-back) is never crowded and you feel as though you are in the Everglades. We often bring a lunch or […]

Trip 5 – Long Point

Trip 5 – Long Point

Dates: Aug 29 – Sept 2, 2024 Campsite: 157 Amenities Water, Electric What we learned: Taking bikes and kayaks was not bad Would we go back: Yes Website: Long Point Campground Wayne and I escaped for the Labor Day weekend. The trip was unexpected and […]

Trip 4 – Silver Springs

Trip 4 – Silver Springs

Dates: July 18-21, 2024 Campsite: 40 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: get on the water early Would we go back: yes, but in the spring Website: Silver Springs State Park This is the second time we have been to Silver Springs. Though we had […]

Trip 3 – Bahia Honda

Trip 3 – Bahia Honda

Dates: July 12-14, 2024 Campsite: 12 Amenities: Electric, water What we learned: It is good to have friends that can assist in booking a tough campsite Would we go back: Yes Website: Bahia Honda Our friends go to Bahia Honda every summer for 2 weeks […]

Trip 2 – Planes, Trains, Automobiles and a Ferry

Trip 2 – Planes, Trains, Automobiles and a Ferry

Concerts, National Parks, and a wedding were on the agenda Atlanta – Planes & Trains For Waynes birthday we flew to Atlanta, took the MARTA train from the airport to the CNN station. We went to see The Rolling Stones at the Atlanta Falcons stadium. […]

Trip 1c – Faver Dykes State Park

Trip 1c – Faver Dykes State Park

Dates: April 20-21, 2024 Campsite: 22 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: We do not have to go to all the state parks Would we go back: No Website: Faver Dykes State Park We drove A1A from Jacksonville and stopped in St Augustine to check […]

Trip 1b – Jacksonville, FL

Trip 1b – Jacksonville, FL

Dates: April 17 – 20, 2024 Campground: Huguenot Campground Site: 20 Amenities: Electric, water What we learned: We picked a good site Would we go back? Yes Website: Jacksonville parks Our the way to our second stop on our trip we stopped at Fort Clinch […]