a floridays journey

a floridays journey

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Trip 6 – Kissimmee Prarie State Park

Trip 6 – Kissimmee Prarie State Park

Date: May 6 – 9, 2022 Location: Kissimmee Prarie State Park Type: Water, 30 amp Campground: Site #34 Mileage: 196 miles What we learned: How to cook on our new Power XL grill Would we come back? Yes Website: https://reserve.floridastateparks.org/Web/Default.aspx We took a half day […]

Trip 5 – Collier-Seminole State Park

Trip 5 – Collier-Seminole State Park

Date: April 15-17, 2022 Location: Collier-Seminole State Park Type: Water, 30AMP Mileage: 378 miles Campground: Site #29 What we learned: How to put the Kayaks on the RV Would we go back? Yes, but we would kayak the trail in the park Website: https://reserve.floridastateparks.org/Web/ This […]

Trip 4 – Kissimmee Prarie State Park

Trip 4 – Kissimmee Prarie State Park

Date: March 26 – 27, 2022 Location: Kissimmee Prarie State Park Type: Electric – 30 ampWater – YesCampsite #34 Mileage: 196 miles What we learned: Take more water on bike rides Would we go back: Yes Website: https://reserve.floridastateparks.org/Web/Default.aspx This trip was unexpected. Wayne and I […]

Trip 3 – Highland Hammock State Park

Trip 3 – Highland Hammock State Park

Date: March 19 – 20, 2022 Location: Highland Hammock State Park, Sebring, FL Type: Electric – 30 ampWater – yesCampsite: #096 Mileage: 253 miles What we learned How to dump the grey and black water tanks Would we go back: Yes, but get a different […]

Trip 2 – Long Pine Campground

Trip 2 – Long Pine Campground

Date: Feb 26-27, 2022 Location: Everglades National Park Type: boon-dock Mileage: 624 miles Campground: Long Pine, Camp Site: #25 What we learned: To check more closely what amenities the campsite has. I thought it had electricity but that was the southern campsite at Flamingo Would […]

We named her..Floridays

We named her..Floridays

“I come from where the rivers meet the sea That’s part of why I’m so wild and fancy free I was early into crazy days My folks said, “It’s just a phase” They were hoping for better days” Floridays, by Jimmy Buffett Floridays is the […]

Trip 1 – Istokpoga Canal Campsite

Trip 1 – Istokpoga Canal Campsite

Date: February 12-13, 2022 Location: Istokpoga Canal Campsite, Lorida, FL Type: boon-dock Mileage 215 miles What we learned That we need a checklist Would we go back? Yes, and bring kayaks next time web site for reservations https://secure.rzda.net/sfwmd/list.cfm Wayne and I were so excited when […]

How this all started

How this all started

About 24 years ago a young girl wanted to learn scuba diving. She went to a place called The Scuba Club in West Palm Beach, FL to take lessons, and little did she know she would learn how to SCUBA dive AND find her soul […]

The Next Adventure

The Next Adventure

Wayne and I made a new purchase this year, a 2022 Winnebago Travato 59K. We have been thinking about our eventual retirement, which is still a few years away, and what are we going to do with all the time together. So we thought if […]