Author: KathyDraz
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Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands
It’s been a while since I posted, and our adventures continue. So strap yourselves in – it might be a bumpy ride. In our desire to get the hell out of Texas, we drove from Kerrville to Carlsbad, New Mexico, in one day. Normally we don’t attempt this kind of distance – we try to…
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And The Adventures Just Keep Coming
After all that beach camping in Florida (which you can read about here and here), I was pretty excited at the opportunity to do it in Texas, and for free. I’ve mentioned FreeCampsites.net before, and they haven’t generally steered us wrong. Well. Here’s the link so you can read the descriptions for yourself, if you…
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Battleships and Southern Cooking
Our first post-Florida destination was actually pretty close by: the USS Alabama, moored at Battleship Park in Mobile, Alabama. I visited here once, a long time back, but Michael has never been on a battleship before. Let’s just say this place was awesome. I especially loved the boiler and engine rooms. Ships like this strike me…
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Time for some adventures
After south Florida and the Everglades, our next stop was Bonita Springs. We had a wonderful weekend there with Michael’s Uncle Carl and Aunt Clara, who graciously gave us a place to sleep, fed us delicious food, and even let us do laundry. On Sunday (March 12th) we decided to take the dogs to the…
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Moving on…
People at Long Key State Park are so friendly. Our neighbor, Patrick, saw our dogs and gave us some great beta: Marathon Key had a dog beach! Cocoa Plum Beach. The dogs had been dealing well with being tied up all the time, but we wanted to give them (Bailey especially) a chance to run.…
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I don’t want to leave.
This recap starts with Sunday, March 5th. I don’t think I’ve mentioned this yet, but ever since we left Fayetteville I’d been having some problems with my neck and shoulders. As in, I had this giant knot behind my right shoulder blade. I felt it the most then I moved my head up or down.…
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More Time in the Keys
We only had one night at Bahia Honda State Park. Friday we were set for Long Key State Park, which is about a 40 minute drive north. That’s the view from Bahia Honda’s Sandspur Beach, where we spent the bulk of our day. The rule here at all the Florida State Parks is that you…
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We made it to the Keys!
I can’t believe I haven’t posted since Monday! Wait. Of course I can. It’s been a whirlwind kind of week here in Florida! So let’s start the recap: After returning back to my Aunt Jean and Uncle Vaughn’s house for the weekend, Michael and I did take the opportunity to discover Castillo de San Marcos,…
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SUNNY Florida
Maybe we should just call ourselves the rainmakers. No, it’s not all like that. We arrived in Jacksonville on a warm and sunny day. We went straight to Blackfly Outfitters. My aunt and uncle, Jean and Vaughn Cochran, own this awesome fly shop, as well as the Blackfly Cafe next door. We met most everybody,…
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Warmer Florida
Yeah, I know. I don’t get to complain about cold weather in Florida. But Pensacola was chilly one day, warm the next. So we were pretty happy to see a steady warming trend as we headed east. Our second night at Basin Bayou, part of Eglin AFB, was a lot warmer than the first. We even got…
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Getting to Florida
Onward towards Florida. After our adventure with the tick we packed up and headed in to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This town is home to the University of Alabama, so Crimson Tide signs were everywhere. We stopped by a cool little coffee shop called Heritage Coffee (which made me love Tuscaloosa immediately) and stocked up at the…
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The Deep South
We headed out of our Mississippi campground on Sunday, February 12th. We stopped in Tupelo long enough to go to Starbucks (it was the only coffee shop open, so don’t judge) so that I could work on the blog and Michael could chart our course towards Florida. The place: Blue Creek Park,outside of Windham Springs,…