We are basically trying to use up some time going from the gulf coast to Colorado because we’re trying to buy time until warmer weather is more guaranteed (as much as anyone can expect warmer weather in the spring in Colorado). Buffalo National River wasn’t […]
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National Park Recap: Hot Springs
When we came to Hot Springs on our first attempt it was right at the beginning of the pandemic. All of the indoor spaces were closed except the brewery which is housed in one of the old bath houses. We were able to hike the […]
National Park Recap: Natchez, Vicksburg, Poverty Point
We decided to go to some of the smaller National Park Service units on our way north from NOLA. First stop was Natchez NHP and the Melrose estate. This NHP preserves a long history. Originally colonizers kicked out the Indigenous People who lived here, and […]
Travel Recap: New Orleans, LA
New Orleans recap:We stayed 5 nights at Bayou Segnette State Park on the West Bank. Our first day we drove to Jean Lafitte Barataria Preserve. We hiked two of the boardwalk trails and earned Jr Ranger badges. The next day we went into the city […]
Travel Recap: Port St Joe, Panama City, Pensacola, FL
We traveled to Port St Joe from Gainesville and stayed at a very small RV park a block from the beach. The Aqua Bay RV park had full hookups and a little laundry/bathhouse. It was all that we needed and people were super friendly. We […]
National Park Recap: Big Cypress National Preserve
We set a new trip record! We stayed put for 2 weeks in Key West, just relaxing and appreciating the sun. We also enjoyed visits from Grandma and Santa! We discovered the (free!) MLK Community Pool and had it nearly all to ourselves. We also […]
National Park Recap: Virgin Islands
We arrived late day 1 and got situated in our villa, and got groceries for the week. Day 2 we went to the Visitor Center and got the layout of the island, got some rental life vests for the kids and some rental fins for […]
National Park Recap: Dry Tortugas
Andrew and I left the kids with grandma and went to Dry Tortugas via the Yankee Freedom III ferry. The weather called for storms so we were a bit worried about going, but we have no idea when we’d come back. If we had canceled […]
National Park Recap: Everglades
We entered the park through the Homestead, FL entrance and started at the visitor center (as always). We got our Jr Ranger books and talked to the Ranger about good trails to do along the main road as well as near where we were staying […]
Travel Recap: St Augustine, FL
St Augustine and Anastasia State Park was our home for 2 nights. Our stay in Anastasia State Park was… not great. We had some pretty crummy campsite neighbors and our site was full of trash when we arrived. You can’t win them all I guess. […]