Blogs from Florida, United States, North America - page 532

Here we are finally one day away from our Disney Cruise to Cozumel Mexico. We have been keeping busy...after travel from Iowa to see family we stopped in Nashville at the Opryland Hotel. The Opryland Hotel is such an usual place. There are huge plant filled atriums. One with a boat ride through the "swamp"! The girls did their school work on the balcony overlooking the atrium.While in Tennessee we enjoyed visiting with some dear friends Carmen, Jann, Linda, Scott, Valerie and Rachel. We're gonna miss them all! We are back to Florida now. This week we celebrated j's birthday at the Portifino Hotel, a beautiful place. The hotel is designed to look like Portifino Italy. There's a boat dock right out side the hotel, the boats take you to to the theme park. We also ... read more

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, we found time for a swim in the heated pool. Now we are getting ready for dinner out and a movie. Our dinner was at Shuckem’s Oyster House. We had a sampling of different cooked oysters in the shell. Both of us liked them. The ... read more

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 thoughts of getting a little place on the beach. We can’t complain the state park will always be there, I hope. Our trip to the end of the island ran into a private gated community, bikers ... read more

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 up and continued our journey west and north along the panhandle coast. We arrived at St. George State Park. This area is called the forgotten coast of Florida, and that is a wonderful secret. The campground is just beautiful, it is set back some 4.5 miles from the park ... read more

“ 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 your mouth and chew. The inside is sour and the skin is sweet so it is a contest for one’s taste buds to figure out what to do. We had fun tasting oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, ... read more