No trip to Ft. Meyers would be complete without a stop to Sun Harvest Citrus. Once you step inside the green colored packing warehouse you will be amazed at what you can find. First you will come across a variety of citrus jams and jellies on shelves that line the main entrance aisle. And if […]
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Visiting Friends And Family & Florida – One Great Week For Sure! Day 168
When you have been on the road for nearly 6 months, it’s always exciting to have the opportunity to visit with family and friends that live along our path around the country. And did we ever get the chance to do exactly that over the course of our last 5 days in Florida! We have […]
Move over Mardi Gras, It’s Gasparilla Season in Tampa! Day 167
When we arrived in Tampa, we had no idea what Gasparilla meant. In fact, it wasn’t until we asked someone why traffic was bad around the downtown area that we first heard “It’s Gasparilla season”. After traveling through the gulf coast areas, we became well aware that Mardi Gras is not an event, it is […]
We Are On A Quest To Find Our First Florida Alligator, Day 166
This may sound a little strange, but we are on the search to see our first Florida Alligator. Over the past several days, on our drive through the Florida Panhandle, we would catch ourselves peering out the windows more than normal. Of course, this is in the off-chance of seeing an alligator in the swamp […]
Off Grid Living With Solar Power, How Our Dual Powered Camper Works – Day 165
The dual power capabilities of our T@B 400 nuCamp camper have been nothing short of a life saver on this trip. In fact, they have really made road life unbelievably easy. That was never more evident over the course of the last four days, as we made our way across the panhandle of Florida – […]
Tumble Farms – A 10-Acre Dream In The Making, Day 164
Today we found ourselves reminiscing about our little farm back in Ohio as we settled in for the night at Tumble Farms. We were invited to park our camper in the center of Nick and Maureen’s 10-acre farm for the night, on our travels through Gainesville, Florida. Little did we know, after arriving there, we […]
Spending The Night Camping With A Few Funny Fainting Goats – Day 163
We certainly added a new camping experience to our trip with tonight’s stay at a fainting goat farm in Florida! And to be completely honest, we loved absolutely every second of it! When Mary happened to find the Golden Acres Ranch in Monticello, Florida on the list of Harvest Hosts sites, we knew we had […]
Seaside, Florida – A Surreal Community Like No Other, Day 162
Today we found ourselves on the streets of Seaside, Florida. And I have to admit, we walked around this beautiful community in a state of perplexity. It truly was a surreal feeling as we pulled down street of scenic 30A. We had already made a trip to Destin. So we decided to head further east […]
Enjoying The “Squeaky” White Sand Beaches of Destin, Florida – Day 161
If there is one place we fell in love with a few years back while visiting, it was Destin, Florida. Prior to leaving the 9 to 5 daily routine, I was fortunate enough to have the difficult “work” task of heading to Destin for a convention. I still remember the exact works Mary uttered when […]
Pensacola, Florida – America’s First Settlement, Day 160
Today we said goodbye to Alabama and then crossed over the state border into Pensacola, Florida. Although both of us have spent quite a bit of time in Florida over the years, this is one city that neither of us had been to before. So we decided to take a little time out of our […]