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With some direction from a friend we have made during our stay at Manatee Hammock, we visited the grounds of the White Sands Buddhist Center north of Mims. It's tucked away in an oak woods with no indication from the road of the treasure that lies within. Signs along...
Our adventures for the day, hopefully our last one in Brevard this trip, started out at the North Brevard History Museum, a place chock full of artifacts that speak not only to the history of the area but of American history over the last century and a half. We...
On their fifth attempt, SpaceX successfully launched it's SES-9 Communications satellite aboard a Falcon-9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center this evening. We were among those gathered on the edge of the Indian River due west of the launch site to watch. It was amazing...
It's Leap Day Weekend and we're celebrating by geocaching. With our first find of the weekend we earned a GC souvenir celebrating 366 days of geocaching. In all we scored four finds today. There were a few more searches that although they didn't yield a find still...
For the second night in a row the SpaceX launch has been scrubbed. Yesterday it was to allow the liquid oxygen a longer time to chill, today we don't know the reason. According to the webcast to which we were listening, the launch may be rescheduled in a few days. A...
It was a day of varied activities. We purchased an ebook on minimalism which prompted a decision to clean out our utility drawer. UPS delivered a package containing our replacement license tag holder and Steve installed that. We headed out to the beach for a while...
The weather this afternoon has been perfect for shorts and sandals and a trip to the beach where we felt like the lyrics of Knee Deep, the Zac Brown song, "Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair." Totally relaxing!
In the spirit of "home is where we park it", we are home. We have the basics: food, clothing, and shelter and a nearby Publix for replenishing the food supply and a laundry room in the park for keeping the clothing fresh. The awning gives us privacy and a pleasant...
Today we moved to a new site, got set up complete with awning, rugs, tables and chairs right where one of the campground staff showed us. While Steve was grilling our dinner, we gave a tour of the T@B. Then as we were sitting down to eat, another member of the...
Today didn't start out so pretty. Our phones awakened us at 4:21AM with a tornado warning. It didn't take us long to decide to take shelter. Â We joined another couple and their dog in the ladies room until the storm abated. Later this morning we called NC DMV about...
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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This week has been a dream come true for Karen. Ever since 1962 when she not only became best friends with Ann, the new girl at school, who later became a college roommate, but developed a friendship with her whole family, Karen has dreamt of visiting two small towns...
Soudan Mine Tour Video - Click Here After purchasing our tickets online yesterday we headed this morning over to the Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park just east of Tower, Minnesota for the Soudan Underground Mine Tour where we had the privilege of...
After settling into our home for the week at HooDoo Point Campground on the shore of Vermillion Lake near Tower, Minnesota Monday, we drove the ten miles around Pike Bay to the Bois Forte Heritage Center today. It'd have been a two mile flight from our campsite if we...