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After a delightful chat with our neighbors across the way, we broke camp and headed out of Everglades National Park and south on US-1. We’re in new territory. We lived in Florida for fifty years and never visited the Everglades NP or the upper Keys. It’s a pleasant...
When we decided to visit the Everglades we didn’t expect a lesson in Cold War History but the Everglades was the site of one of the Nike missile defense bases - HM-69. We participated in the ranger led tour and our ranger had served on a Nike Site in the early 1970’s....
We broke camp on Pine Island and headed for Ft Myers. We stopped at a McDonald’s long enough to use their Wi-Fi to replenish our eBook library then went to Mass at Blessed Pope John XXIII Church. Wow! It may be the biggest church we’ve been in. After that we stopped...
Started the day by breaking camp at Fort DeSoto Park Campground Site 38. Took a couple of moments to watch shorebirds foraging for their breakfast. Then met Kay and headed to Paradise Grille on Pass-a-Grille Beach. We fell in love with this place when it was Seaside...
Started the day with a yummy breakfast at Beverly's La Croisette then a walk on Pass-a-Grille Beach. Also made a pilgrimage to Bill Jackson's Shop for Adventure to acquire a little more gear to help us refine our camping style as we prepare to to pack up and head out...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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The apprehensive with which we approached our the Bitung Jungle Trek quickly evaporated with the incredibly warm welcome offered us by the Bitung people, the gorgeous lush landscape, the beautiful beaches, and the fascinating wildlife. This has been an incredible experience.
Today’s adventure took us into The Australian outback in the Northern Territory, Australia’s last frontier in search of towering termite mounds and incredible waterfalls as well as a most delicious Aussie lunch.
Our much anticipated excursion to the Great Barrier Reef from Queen Mary 2 docked at Yorkey’s Knob near Cairns, Australia turned out to be not quite what we had hoped for but did yield an absolutely amazing helicopter experience as we flew above Moore and Elephant Reefs.