Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
For Lincoln’s Kentucky Years (& another cave) We drove only 15 miles from our campsite at Mammoth Cave to get to Horse Cave, Kentucky, but it did put us in better position for our… Visits to 1 new National Park Site: Other Visits in the Area Straddling the CDT / Read more
First Camping-in / 1st National Park visited in Kentucky This 4 day stop was all and only about… Visiting 1 new National Park …Mammoth Cave National Park (#318) The world’s longest known cave system, featuring over 426 miles of surveyed and mapped passageways. As a massive, multi-level limestone labyrinth, exploration continues, with Read more
Home Town of Wilma Rudolph Which we learned when we arrived. Also, it is the 5th largest city in Tennessee. We stopped here to… Visit 1 new National Park Site: Visits to other parks: We also visited a State Historic Park & National Recreation Area (not NPS): And a visit Read more
No live music or SEC playoff games for us, though Just lots of history, including musical history. We spent our first afternoon (after arriving early, visiting the Hermitage, spent the next day in Murfreesboro, and then 3 days visiting in Nashville, where downtown was CRAZY! LOTS of college basketball fans Read more
Three Lazy Days for our 1st Stop in Tennessee We’ve enjoyed visiting Chattanooga twice before, both times scurrying to see all that we could see. Not so much, this trip. Lots of time “just hanging out” and a Cave Tour at Racoon Mountain Caverns and Campground, where we’re camped. And Read more
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