Entries in the Travel/Destinations Category
This category consists of all the blog entries from our adventures in our Motorhome where we lived on the road for 4 years as well as any other travel related entries. It was an amazing journey and I love to look back through these entries, it makes me long for living on the road again, there was just something so freeing about it. However we have recently acquired “Nora’s Ark” and the adventures have continued to a lesser degree but it does satisfy my Wanderlust from time to time. So I invite you to look at the world through our eyes and perhaps get different view of the world around us.
We have been very fortunate to have a brewery come to Pensacola, and a great one at that! Located in the Old Seville Historic District adjacent to Downtown Pensacola it makes for a perfect setting. It is among towering Live Oak Trees with longs flowing strands of Spanish Moss hanging from their branches. Across the street from the Brewery is a historic church where many weddings take place. It is a gorgeous old church, but it makes things a little tricky when it comes to having a business …
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As a side trek on our way home from South Florida we ventured over to the Sarasota coastline and headed north. And just a few miles north of Sarasota Beaches is Longboat Key and situated on the island is the Mote Aquarium. What it lacked in size it made up for in location. It was right on the shores of beautiful turquoise water and tucked in amongst lush green vegetation.
As far as stacking up to some of the larger aquariums such as Chicago’s Shedd, or News Orleans’ Aquarium of the …
This is a beach that I have been visiting every once in a while since I was 20 years old. I remember when I first went there I could not believe how white and powdery the sand was, along with the bright blue-green, clear water. And still every time I go I am transported back to that first time visiting. The one thing that Siesta Key has over our beaches here in Northwest Florida is the coconut palms that grow out of the sand. It has a much more tropical …
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The first tip I can give you if you ever head out to Boca Grande is get gas at the Super Day Express Food Stores. They also make great food for picnics (sandwiches, fried chicken, pizza…). We did not stop and almost learned the lesson the hard way. There is no gas from there to the island, or out on the island, and it is a 30 mile round trip! I sweated bullets those last miles, because as you may know from reading my stories, I have been known to …
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Located in the Blackwater State Forest at the spacious and secluded natural environment of Adventures Unlimited, north of Milton, Florida. GGMAC is a family-friendly festival with children’s activities, yoga classes, and vendor booths offering both beautiful art and delicious food. The festival features diverse musical entertainment by R&B, bluegrass, folk, reggae, contemporary singer-songwriters, and rock musicians.
The mission of Greater Good Inc. is to enrich the fabric of our community through music, visual arts and the healing arts by providing cultural opportunities for people of all ages while creating awareness of …
After the New Orleans debacle and the Orlando scheister we were still undeterred from realizing our RV dream. We had a trip coming up to South Florida and wanted to be able to do it in comfort and style so we were in a bit of a hurry now to find one.
I once again began the arduous task of searching the internet for that perfect vehicle. Perfect for us that is. Which meant an older model, with higher mileage but had been taken care of meticulously. Even if the …
After that harrowing experience in New Orleans, that took a time off my life for sure, we had thought that our dreams for a motorhome were extinguished. Instead, what it did for us, is help us figure out what we really needed.
We had chose the Safari Trek because it was not as large as a typical class A motorhome but still afforded us enough room to live temporarily as we traveled cross country. The con was that it was still had many of the drawbacks of a class A. It …
Okay, so there I was 3 hours from home, at 3:30 a.m., freezing, in a part of a city that I am unfamiliar with, I have no transportation and no place to sleep.
So first thing I needed was a hotel room to crash, but where was I? Luckily my phone was now charged and it had GPS. I could look and see hotels nearby and there was a La Quinta Inn within a mile of where we were. The couple gave me a ride there, and on the way …
Sharon and I have gotten the RV fever again, and have been planning on doing a big road trek coming up in Spring 2012. We envisioned the trip to be done in a Safari Trek. The Trek is a smaller sized class A, diesel-powered, motorhome. With it being diesel we could convert it so it had the ability to run on used vegetable oil enabaling us to travel cheaply and in total “green” fashion. So this seemed to be a perfect fit for what we are wanting to accomplish and …
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As the photographer for Snowbirds Gulf Coast Magazine, I get to travel up and down the Gulf Coast on assignment to capture photos of the area and of featured interviewees. This past week I was fortunate to have a shoot scheduled on the Beautiful and secluded St. George Island located in the Apalachicola region of the Florida Panhandle.
The drive down there was not so fun due to the cries of a 16 month old baby who was tired of being strapped into a seat for 3 hours. Nora eventually fell …
