Jul 102020
 

Note: This is a repost of a blog from 2015 about one of our favorite Florida destinations. On our first RV trip to Florida years ago we visited the wonderful Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park and we’ve been back several times, and liked it as much as we did the first time. Homosassa Springs has […]

Mar 162019
 

In yesterday’s blog I said that my cousin Beverly had never seen an alligator in the wild. She’s only lived in two other states in her life, Ohio and Arizona, neither of which are prime gator habitat. But this is Florida, baby, and any body of water bigger than a birdbath probably has an alligator […]

Feb 252018
 

I would venture to say that at least half of all fulltime and seasonal RVers we know travel with at least one pet, and sometimes more. And most of those pets are dogs and cats, though we have seen people with other pets that are a little more exotic. These have included somebody who traveled […]

Dec 212016
 

One of our favorite things to do here is to take a slow drive through the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge seeing how many different animals we can spot, which can range from 50 or more varieties of birds to deer, raccoons and armadillos, and even bobcats and alligators. So yesterday we decided to take […]

Jan 082015
 

On our first RV trip to Florida years ago we visited the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park and we’ve wanted to go back ever since. We’re running out of time this year and will be leaving soon, so yesterday seemed like a good day for another visit. Homosassa Springs has been a tourist attraction since […]

Aug 122009
 

I got an e-mail from a lady yesterday that told me she was heartbroken because they had just lost their beloved eight month old Jack Russell terrier when a coyote came into their campsite in northern California and made off with it. She said her husband had yelled and thrown rocks at the coyote, but […]