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North America » United States » Florida » White Springs January 31st 2016

Yes, I headed off to Florida again. My plan was to go to NM with a friend this winter but my health and the weather were negative factors. I am now feeling stronger after my hip replacement and feel ready to travel but NM is too far this year. I have spent 2 days on the Panhandle already visiting my cousins from Indiana and am now in the process of getting myself to the Thousand Trails Campground near Orlando. I will be there tomorrow and will spend 2 weeks with my camping "girlies". I am writing this blog so I can post some pictures from my time near the gulf. My wonderful family got me a new lens for my camera and I am having a ball using it. There is a learning curve but I'll ... read more
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female hooded merganser
anhinga


We started out from Mexico Beach on what was supposed to be a short hop with sightseeing along the way. It didn’t quite turn out that way. From the campground in Mexico Beach we meandered along Route 98 through Port St. Joe, to Apalachicola. Apalach, as the natives call it, is a quaint town with very old Florida homes—wide and deep porches, many one story only, and the two story homes adorned with Victorian lattice work around the eaves and porches. It looks like a nice place to sit and “porch” with the neighbors. From Apalachicola we crossed the bay and headed to Eastport and on towards the town of Carrabelle, where we had camped the previous year. Carrabelle has beautiful sandy beaches in the lee of Cape St. George and at least two RV parks, ... read more
World's smallest police station
Prisoners cleaning up scrub
At Stephen Foster State Park




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