Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
Camping at Stone Mountain Park We camped here because it wasn’t “too far” from the 3 places we really wanted to see north of/in Atlanta. We used our first 3 days for those visits (taking MARTA for our day in Atlanta). Visits to 2 new National Park Sites: Tour 1 Read more
Heading north out of Florida through rural Georgia We stopped first for 4 nights in Americus, Georgia and then continued north for 2 nights in Forsyth, Georgia. Mark got to catch up with another old high school friend, Jim-B, and we spent 3 days… Visiting 2 new National Park Sites Read more
And some unexpected adventures We planned a couple of days in Starke, Florida, hoping that Mark could reconnect with his high school best friend Ernie (after ~20 years). Mark finally made contact 2 weeks ago…AND…Ernie and his wife Deb were around (less than 2 miles from the campground we’re in)! Read more
Visiting friends from Sarasoto to Wesley Chapel Gail got a lot of time with her friend Linda in Sarasota: some “Girls Time” just hanging out and lots of time with our hubbies, too. When we arrived, we tried our first Puerto Rican food…Mark had Mofongo Relleno and Gail had roast pork Read more
Mark Family & Friend Visits It is now warm enough for shorts, on the west coast of Florida. Our short stop started with a visit to Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, where we walked the 1.2 mile boardwalk and saw an alligator, several turtles, and lots of birds. We must Read more
Gail Family/Friend Visits And finally SOME warmth, on the east coast of Florida, camping between Cocoa & Melbourne. Lots of visits with Gail’s Aunt Carolyn, cousins Jeb, Lee, Bill-G and and their spouses Karyn, Cherie and Gerri. Gail got in some time “just visiting” with Aunt Carolyn. There were also Read more
Camping on Jekyll, with a day exploring each island We got to Jekyll Island and set up camp early enough to do a little exploring (only day that wasn’t totally COLD). We checked out the Wanderer Memorial Trail, which tells the story of one of America’s last known slave ships, Read more
Including 3 Georgia State Historic Sites We got to Skidaway State Park (south of Savannah) on Sunday, in time to watch most of the Bronco-Patriots game and all of the Rams-Seahawks game. Now looking forward to the Patriots-Seahawks Superbowl! (And yes, we are all in for a Seahawks win.) Then Read more
AKA…hanging out near Charleston, SC After we picked up Lizzy, we spent the rest of the day getting settled in camp and getting Lizzy cleaned and stocked up for travel. Then we had four days, mostly just hanging out, although we did venture out a few times (in addition to Read more
After 2 Months at home We spent our time at home, mostly on the “usual”…friends, family, Mark’s Birthday (Gail made him Baked Alaska!), Thanksgiving, Hannukah, Christmas, New Years, doctors, dentists and getting rid of more stuff. Mark went fishing for steelhead in Canada with his fishing buddy Duane, Gail finally Read more