Tiptoe through the tulips. Who remembers who sang that song? Well, we did tiptoe a bit through the tulips, but a lot of them had already finished their blooming. Due to an early warm front (that darn climate change), they bloomed earlier than usual, but we were still able to see some gorgeous tulips and […]
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Another busy, fun-filled week. Dave has done an outstanding job of choosing our stops as we head north. Here’s the route we took this past week. This week’s route Our first stop was Fall Creek Falls State Park, about 70 miles north of Chattanooga. It is one of the largest (29,800 acres), oldest (opened in
Roan Mountain is in the northeast corner of Tennessee, right near the North Carolina border and where Annie and Jim call home. Dave and I have known Annie since we lived on our sailboat almost 25 years ago. We were dock mates in the marina for over 3 years. The flag Annie is holding in
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As I mentioned in last week’s blog, Dave and I were headed to Brunswick, GA. That stop was such a treat. We were able to connect with our St. Pete friends, John & Sharon, who have been sailing throughout the Bahamas for the last 5 sailing seasons. They decided to buy a home in Brunswick
The Alaska border is 4,370 miles from St. Petersburg, FL (via the Alaska Canada (Alcan) Highway). That’s a lot of miles. And, we , we are not going straight there. We are taking a few side trips on our way up and returning via Utah to visit the Mighty 5 National Parks. It should be
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Welcome to the final Costa Rica blog. Thanks for hanging in there to read about Dave and my adventures. So far, we have explored the mountains and rain forests, so it is time to hit the water! Off on an ocean kayaking adventure we went. Greg & Helen each had single kayaks and Dave
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In sharing the highlights of Dave and my trip to Costa Rica, I had read the following (slightly paraphrased) in an art gallery inside a local brewery. It captures the essence of what we felt. “Costa Rica is a unique and a natural gem. With its biodiversity of over a half a million different species,
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Friendships. Dave and I just returned from an amazing one week trip to Costa Rica (CR), only because our friends, Greg & Helen, who we met on our Great Loop adventure, invited us to join them at their Airbnb condo (they were staying in CR for 6 weeks). We felt comfortable leaving Murphy in Florida
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More fun in the Everglades! After leaving its northern boundary, we drove 3 1/2 hours south to get Flamingo Campground where one of the guides said “you’ve reached the end of the road”. And boy did we! It was 38 miles from the main Everglades visitor center near Homestead, FL to the Guy Bradley Visitor
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Although I have lived in Florida for over 30 years, I have never been to the Everglades. With our Mini-T in tow, Dave, Murphy, and I headed south. Our Mini-T is a smaller travel trailer we recently purchased for our trip to Alaska this year. We wanted to be more nimble in getting around Alaska
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