VEHICLE WOES
I know some of you have been wondering where we are and what we have been doing for the past three weeks. I will be catching up on the blog, and some big news will be coming out soon! But[…]
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Tag: Retirement travel
8 THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IN ALASKA
Now that five months have flown by since we departed Alaska, we have met up with my parents on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. It is the perfect time to reflect on our wonderful summer of 2017 adventure and talk[…]
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EXPLORING THE PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION
Our next adventure involved driving east to Pensacola. We arrived in less than forty-five minutes at the entrance gate to the Naval Air Station. After checking all of our ID’s we were able to drive around the base. Pensacola is home[…]
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FERRY CROSSING TO DAUPHIN ISLAND, ALABAMA
We’re back on the road once again after reuniting with our beloved RV, which is parked at a campground in Orange Beach, Alabama. If you’re slightly confused, I’ll rewind a bit and explain how we got here. We flew from[…]
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ALLIGATOR OVERLOAD IN THE EVERGLADES
A trip to south Florida would not be complete without a visit to the Everglades. We chose an all day adventure on the Everglades Day Safari which included narrated transportation from Fort Myers to the four main ecosystems of the Everglades.[…]
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THE MEGA MANSIONS OF NAPLES
First, I want to warn you that these “winter getaway” homes are super luxurious and it is easy to imagine yourself sitting by the pool with an attentive butler at your disposal. I couldn’t pick just one that I would[…]
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BOATING AROUND ISLANDS IN THE GULF NEAR FORT MYERS
Every day is a good day on the water. This past weekend brought back oodles of fond memories of the time when we had a boat docked at Lake Texoma. There are so many islands off the coast of Fort[…]
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DAY TRIP TO PUNTA GORDA
Out of curiosity, we decided to drive north one day and stumbled upon a cute harbor town, Punta Gorda. It was only twenty miles north of Fort Myers and filled with a lot of history. As you can see, we[…]
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OUR FIRST FEW DAYS IN FORT MYERS
Like most vacationers that head to south Florida, we have normally stayed on the Fort Lauderdale/Miami side of the state and headed south from there to the keys. This will be our first time to explore the opposite side of[…]
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TOO COLD IN TEXAS FOR US
We left the island at 2:30pm on Saturday and finally made it home just after midnight, only to wake up to freezing weather with rain. It didn’t take long for a solid sheet of ice to accumulate on all of[…]
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