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Bright Spring Colors Are Here
Spring has arrived in full force now. Down here that means in about a week, summer should be here and be baking us alive. At this point already have the air conditioning running, but it’s nice to say goodbye to the cold. This is a busy season in our area. Baseball is in mid-season form…
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First Iris Blooms of Spring Are Here
The first official Iris blooms of Spring have arrived in our garden! Winter here always feels too cold and too long for how far south we live. But every year about this time we remember how quickly things start to bloom and warm up. If you were to look at the hardiness zones for gardens…
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Driving Around Florida Day 8
Our last day of driving got us to a great lunch spot at Lake Eufaula’s Lakepoint State Park Marina. It took me a lot longer to get to the edit for the last day than all the other days combined, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Here are a few of the shots from that…
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Driving Around Florida Day 7
On Day 7 we were greeted with the rudest change in weather from the most beautiful 76° just 12 hours earlier to something near 30-40 mph winds and cold in the 45° range. No matter, I decided I wasn’t going to let a little wind deter me from my morning walk with a cup of…
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Driving Around Florida Day 6
The Florida Turnpike was the bulk of our driving on Day 6, and there is a lot of Turnpike toll roads throughout Central Florida. This day we drove the bulk of Central Florida all the way to St. Augustine, which is just south of the big city of Jacksonville. Interestingly, St. Augustine was founded by…
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Driving Around Florida Day 5
Today I’m on to Day 5 of our trip around Florida, which took us from nearby Homestead up the central part of the state to Lake Okeechobee. If you have never seen Lake Okeechobee, it is the closest thing there is to one of the Great Lakes only in the Southern U.S., meaning it is…
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Driving Around Florida Day 4
Our Day 4 in the Florida Keys started as a nearly magical morning, to use an overused phrase. We woke up on the ocean, in an incredible 72° humid-air breeze coming in through our vent fan. Silent except for the lapping water on the shore. I grabbed a cup of coffee and headed out to…
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Driving Around Florida Day 3
The Tamiami Trail was an amazing drive, and it landed us for the night at the Miccosukee Casino & Resort. This is a great stopping point before heading south, mainly because they have a huge open parking lot for RV’s and overnight parking (though they do charge you $25 to park). It is just west…
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Driving Around Florida Day 2
We started out this day at a Flying J for breakfast and to get some work done. For some reason I love gas station photography (if that is a thing). This particular Pilot/Flying J outside Tampa was probably the smallest one we have been to in a long time, so it was tight quarters on…
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Driving Around Florida Day 1
For the last week of 2025 and the start of 2026 I’m going to do a bit of cross posting from our trip to Florida. And really, who doesn’t want to see warm 78° sunshine and ocean at the end of December beginning of January. As I mentioned in my previous post, Van Work and…
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