a floridays journey

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 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 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 1a – Jekyll Island

Trip 1a – Jekyll Island

Dates: April 13 – 17, 2024 Campground: Jekyll Island Campground Site: J1 Amenities: Water, Sewer, Electric What we learned: We really like this island Would we go back? Yes, booked for 2025 already Website: Jekyll Island Campground It only took 4 months to get back […]

2023 Recap

2023 Recap

We did not travel as much as we wanted to in 2023. Mostly due to the campgrounds being booked in the winter and spring, so we took that time and redesigned our front yard with native plants and added a driveway so Floridays will have […]

Trip 16 – Wekiwa Springs State Park

Trip 16 – Wekiwa Springs State Park

Dates: Dec 22 – 26, 2023 Campsite: 18 Amenities Water, Electric, Sewer What we learned: Taking 2 vehicles has good sides and bad sides Would we go back: yes Website Wekiwa Springs State Park This is the 2nd Christmas in a row we have camped. […]

Trip 15 – 36 hours in the Everglades

Trip 15 – 36 hours in the Everglades

Date: Dec. 9, 2023 Campsite: 34 Amenities: Electricity What we learned: Waiting to do something has its advantages Would we go back: Yes Website: Flamingo Camping The boat trip that had to be rescheduled from last Christmas when it as 34 degrees, windy and rainy […]