While staying at MacDill FamCamp in Tampa, Florida this winter, we were able to explore some of the local area. A very interesting and popular part of Tampa is Ybor City, named after the cigar manufacturer, Vincente Martinez Ybor. Most of the Ybor City Cigar factories are closed now except for the J.C. Newman factory…
There are all kinds of songs and sayings about time. If I could save time in a bottle. We had the time of our lives. So much to do, so little time. What we value most is what we spend most of our time doing and thinking about. Well, it’s about time…that we write this…
After our stay at Ramblin’ Pines, we drove from Maryland to North Carolina and stayed 1 night along the way at Cracker Barrel in Troutville, Virginia. The great thing about boondocking in a Cracker Barrel parking lot is the delicious breakfast the next morning before we hit the road. As we entered North Carolina we…
Our departure from Moonshine Creek was bittersweet. Several friends stopped by to wish us well and pray with us. Some even gave us parting gifts and remembrances. There are so many lovely people we will miss and we hope to see them again. We had hoped our first travel day would go smoothly but little…
Ahhh Key West…for quite a while we have anticipated traveling to this destination. The Southernmost point in the USA, it is closer to Cuba than to its nearest Walmart. This land of sunshine, key lime pie and chickens was on our bucket list. So, after we finished up our workamping commitment at Avon Park AFR,…
Florida is a great place to be in the winter – not a hint of snow in the forecast and lots of fresh Vitamin C and natural Vitamin D almost every day. Yep, Florida is awesome in the winter and especially here at Avon Park AFR, in south central Florida where we are surrounded by…
In North Carolina they are serious about their biscuits. We read an article listing some of the best breakfast diners in Western North Carolina so we decided to give them a try- all of them. Here’s a run down of what we experienced at some great places to get biscuits or pancakes or eggs or…
Merry Christmas to all our blog readers! We hope you are enjoying a beautiful Christmas season. We are celebrating the season far from family and familiar surroundings this year. Now in our 6th month of full-time RVing, we continue to learn new things. After settling in here in Tucson, Old Glory needed a few adjustments. …
This is it. The final post about Prince Edward Island. We enjoyed our stay and hope to return next year. The sights, the beaches, the seafood, the people; We couldn’t have asked for a better experience! So, here it is, the wrap up of our final days on this beautiful island. What do you do…
Welcome to Homestead by the River Campground We were at Homestead by the River Campground in Biddeford, Maine this week (July 15-20) Mark grew up camping at this campground by the Saco River in southern Maine with his family. It has changed ownership since then but a lot has stayed the same. It is still…
Appropriately, I type this post while sitting in the Wegmans Coffee shop in Crofton, Maryland. Funny how the little things in life are really the BIG things and one of the first little decisions we wrangled with was how were we going to make our coffee in this new lifestyle? Our Keurig was too large…