The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor. --Unknown February 10, Thursday. Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Booobbbb…….(Just be glad you don’t have to hear me sing!) After the birthday boy opened his presents, we were on our way to New Orleans. The morning portion of the tour included a drive complete with narration from one end of town to the other. Meanwhile we were making notes on where we wanted to return on foot. The City Park in New Orleans was a surprise. It is huge, and has many wond [View Full Entry]

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I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived. --Anna Louise Strong web sites Grayton Beach State Park February 8,2005 Grayton Beach is another great beach, but for some reason we can’t find the photos from this location. We met a gentleman with a Sprinter, he had it converted by a company in Texas. He had a plan of what he wanted. His ideas were no bathroom or stove. The workman ship was very good. With limited space, everythi [View Full Entry]

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It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end. --Ursula K. LeGuin . web sites Emerald Coast RV Beach Resort Locating a campground with wireless service is a find. So we moved from St. Andrew’s to Emerald Coast RV Beach Resort. Wow! What a wonderful resort. It has paved sites, manicured lawns, laundry facilities, immaculate bath/shower, pool, wireless, and more. This is a clean up day, while I hit the laundry room Bob finished up the travelblogs. Of course, [View Full Entry]

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Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. --Babs Hoffman WEB Site St Andrews State Park The morning was a bit cool and windy, and I was off for a bike ride, and “Computer Bob” was busy organizing the blog. Our first PM stop was to Diver’s Den, where we purchased snorkel equipment. Hopefully we will use it in Hawaii. We had some lunch at Scampy’s and then moved on to the beach. Kite flying was on our mind, but the wind had subsided [View Full Entry]

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The Panhandle of Florida’s West coast, the forgotten coast “Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness”--- Seneca We decided to bike today. The morning was cool so we biked out of the park some 4.8 miles and then into the town of St. George. It was sunny and a great day to bike. We stopped at some real estate offices to check on all the signs we saw. We discovered most of the signs were for rentals and the other were investments, an ocean front lot goes for one million, so much for our though [View Full Entry]

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Click on the to see more about the state park St George State Park “ Always be a little kinder than necessary” -James m. Barre We walked around Manatee Springs in the AM, the water is so warm, I can understand why the manatees like to come here. It is a wonderful place to picnic and walk the boardwalks and view the rare birds nestled along the Suwannee River. We didn’t see any manatee but there were lots of vultures, doing their clean up job. We fueled [View Full Entry]

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” If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow.” Mario Andretti Lazy Days was an interesting campground, and filled with huge rigs that cost up to $750,000. We had a small breakfast and visited the camp store, nothing special. We had been toying with the idea of purchasing a GPS system for the Bothan, guess we are tired of getting lost. We found one we really liked, it mounts on the dashboard and is activated by touch or remote and has a voice system. So we ordered one to be sent our campsite at St. Andrews. We s [View Full Entry]

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“ You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them” Ray Bradbury First thing we did this AM was to return to Siesta Beach for a walk. It was a cool, breezy, sunny morning. I think we would like to return her one-day. After our shower we were off to meet Bob friends in Ellenton, a reunion from his workplace. We made one stop at Mixon’s orchards, what a super place, I had my first kumquat. There is a method for eating these goodies. Wash well, roll back and forth in your hands, pop the entire thing in [View Full Entry]

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“ALL KNOW THE WAY. FEW ACTUALLY WALK IT”. bodhidharma January 25, Monday. Our first stop was a bike shop to get Bob’s tire repaired and then on to an internet cafe to update the Travelblog. We traveled down Highway #1 to Bahia Honda State Park. This is a coveted campground on the beach. In 1992 it was voted one of the best beaches in the USA visit Dr Beach to see the list and how he rates beaches. But about five [View Full Entry]

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All those that wander are not lost We left the Oscar Sherer State Park and headed back to the 24/7 to finish up our computer work, then drove north to Sarasota to meet Bob and Sara Zavos. We met at the Ringling Museum, besides their regular collection, there was a great Ansel Adams display of his black and white photographs of the natural beauties of our country. We found our campground in Siesta Key and went for a bike ride to Crescent/Siesta Beach, again voted one of the best beaches in our country. The sand is white and fine, like [View Full Entry]

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