DESERTS-TREES-SUVS
Date Visited: 4/11/2019 After returning home early from our trip up the Natchez Trace Parkway we had a few vacation days left to enjoy. Over the next several weeks we'll share what we discovered as we traveled around Florida hopping from one state park to another as we find a few gems as well as... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/7/2019 If the kids are reading this they know that I have a little problem with heights. It's not that I'm afraid of them, or of falling, or of the sudden stop at the end. My problem is that I have a bit of vertigo. No matter how hard I try, when I... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/4/2019 As we headed north the bad weather we had been warned about earlier in the day was quickly beginning to roll in. We made brief stops at Bynum Mounds (MP 232.4) and Witch Dance (MP 233.2). The mounds at Bynum Mounds were built by prehistoric people between 2100 and 1800 years ago,... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/1/2019 After a not so pleasant start to our new adventure we finally made it to Gilchrist Blue Springs where we were able to secure a camping spot for the night. The sky remained overcast, but the rain had finally stopped. Although we are both native Floridians this is a park neither had... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 5/2/2018 We left Dinosaur Valley SP in Glen Rose, Texas and headed for Fort Parker State Park to camp for the night. We found a nice secluded spot in the back of the park and set up camp. We were the only residents in our entire loop. The weather was mild and we... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 5/2/2018 If you remember last week I told you I'd found my happy place. After visiting Waco Mammoth National Monument, being swallowed by the vast caverns of Carlsbad, strolling across the ever shifting sands of White Sands, walking among the Petroglyphs of the Three Rivers Site and sleeping beside a field of lava... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/30/2018 After getting our geek on in Roswell we headed to Bottomless Lakes State Park to spend our final night in New Mexico. I was a little sad because leaving New Mexico meant we were headed back east and bringing our vacation to it's inevitable close. Fortunately it's really hard to be down... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/27/2018 I have a confession to make. Before our trip I'd only seen the desert from 35,000 feet. From that altitude it looked pretty beige, unappealing, and lifeless. When Mr. McGee suggested going to the desert for our spring vacation I agreed (at first) because I love him and not because it was... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/26/2018 Maybe it was the impression that TV shows like The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams had on our emotional development growing up, but it seems that when we spend enough time living among the animals they begin to feel like family. We really enjoy watching their daily routines and how they... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/25/2018 What a day this has been! We left the place of my childhood dreams and headed north. The clouds were building and it looked like we were in for a wet night. In all we drove 381 miles from Kincaid Campground with a stop in Waco before finally camping at Lake Whitney... Continue Reading →
Date Visited: 4/23/2018 Day one - Falling Waters State Park Our first adventure began with a little change in scenery. We left the space coast and headed toward the northwest corner of the state where we stopped at Falling Waters State Park to camp for the night. After driving for almost 8 hours, and crossing... Continue Reading →
