A fossil fuel fueled travel blog
Our next destination was the Tucson area. We were interested in the saguaros in the area, but the main draw came from my ability to make appointments for us to get our COVID vaccines – yay! A lot of states had just opened up vaccines to all adults and Arizona was one of only two…
After leaving Big Bend, we had an uneventful drive through the rest of Texas to land just over the border in New Mexico. Our home for a couple of days was the Sunland Park Casino, which offered not much in the way of views, but did offer electricity and water, which was fabulous as the…
Our next destination was Big Bend National Park. The only real stop along the way (other than gas) was in Fort Stockton – groceries and then we wound up at the local feed store to pick up permits to camp in a wildlife management area next to Big Bend. Here is where Mike figured out…
After saying goodbye to family and Sand Pond, we headed west once again. In no particular hurry, but also having nothing nearby that we wanted to do, we drove. The rest of the panhandle, across that tiny bit of Alabama and on into Louisiana. We parked for the night in a Walmart on the outskirts…
When we left The Villages for good, we headed north and had a couple of days to enjoy before we met up with my brother Dan, sister-in-law Amie and niece Audrey in Santa Rosa Beach during their spring break. This meant we headed to Tate’s Hell. The Apalachicola National Forest and its surrounding area had…
We enjoyed our time in the Ocala National Forest, but wanted to be able to get down to the Gulf coast before we left Florida. Finally the weather warmed up enough to make us want to spend time out on the boards, so we headed down. We had hoped to do the whole paddle board/…
After a couple of work days for Mike and time for me to do some chores and help his parents a bit, we headed south again. This time we went down to the west to a campground in Big Cypress National Preserve. Burns Lake Campground was pretty bare bones – a row of places to…
When we started looking at getting out and about in the trailer, I started stressing out. On this adventure up until now, we had been camping pretty much out of season, but here in Florida, we were in the midst of the busy season. I started looking and had a hard time finding any decent…
We came to Florida thinking that we would spend the lower end of a few weeks supporting Mike’s parents through some health issues and then head out for short stints around Florida. Well… best laid plans. Mike’s parents live in The Villages and it is a little like living in Disney World, but grown up….
After a couple of days in the national park part of the area, we headed a little south from our campsite to Patrick’s Point State Park. It was a lot smaller than any of the state or national Redwood Parks, but our gentleman friend of the air quotes recommended it, so we thought we would…