Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
We spent a week in the Everglades National Park this time and tried to explore as much as possible. We have stayed here before both in the lodge and in the campground but tried to do some new activities this time along with ones we had previously experinced. Nike Missile
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Flamingo Campground is just under 40 miles from the entrance to Everglades National Park and about 36 miles from the Long Pine Key campground. Camping at Flamingo as opposed to Long Pine Key provides easy access to activities in the Flamingo area. Campground: Flamingo Campground – Everglades National ParkLocation: Southern
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Welcome to the Everglades National Park in southern Florida! Everglades National Park is comprised of 1.5 million acres in southern Florida and has 3 entrances, Flamingo, Shark Valley, and Gulf Coast. We entered in the main entrance for Flamingo near Homestead southwest of Miami. The Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center
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We were heading south from Daytona to the Everglades National Park and wanted to drive via Lake Okeechobee and spend a night to make the trip more relaxing. It was tough finding a place but we managed to snag the last site at the Okeechobee KOA for an “OUCH” price.
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Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach are both on the Atlantic coast with great hard-packed sand beaches and plenty of things to see and do. Daytona is about 50 miles northeast of Orlando, home to the Daytona International Speedway, and the headquarters for NASCAR, LPGA, IMSA, and the International Speedway
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Daytona Beach now has a Buc-ee’s as off March 2021 so we had to stop and fill up before proceeding on to our RV Park in South Daytona. It was a Friday afternoon and the place was packed. Even with 104 pumps they were all full so we just waited
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Rainbow Springs State Park is in Dunellon, Florida southwest of Ocala and is known for its headspring basin which produces up to 600,000,000 gallons of fresh water per day forming the Rainbow River. This park has a variety of activities such as swimming, snorkeling, canoeing, kayaking, and wildlife viewing. There
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It was time to drive across the Florida panhandle from Topsail Hill Preserve State Park to Sopchoppy. We love to take the back roads to see the real America so off we went north on the non-toll bridge in Santa Rosa over the Choctawatchee Bay and on to Highway 20
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Watercolor and Seaside are not too far from Topsail Hill Preserve State Park so we took a day trip to explore the area. Scenic Highway 30A is located in the heart of Florida’s emerald coast in the Florida panhandle. It is 24 miles long and skirts along quaint, charming seaside
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We departed Rocky Bayou State Park and headed south over the Mid Bay Bridge to Destin and then east to Santa Rosa Beach using our SunPass to cross the bridge. With the RV and the tow car it was $12. It was a clear sunny day with beautiful views of
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