2025 southeast swing – part 6: Florida family time
Now we’re to the best part of our trip to Florida–time with family! We love watching these boys grow up (entering high school and middle school), and their parents do...
2025 southeast swing – part 5: a day trip to the town of Okeechobee in the middle of southern Florida
The town of Okeechobee is a nice-sized small town with a 2020 population of 5254. Whenever we go to a new town, we always start with the chamber of commerce...
2025 southeast swing – part 4: the St. Lucie Lock in Stuart, Fl.
Since our days are free with our family at work and at school, we get to figure out how to spend our time and learn more about the area. The...
2025 southeast swing – part 3: one early family who settled in the Blue Spring State Park area and made it their home
A detailed part of the history of this area is the Thursby family who settled in this area later in the 1800s after trying their hand at gold mining, made...
2025 southeast swing – part 2: history of Florida’s Blue Spring State Park
While the draw of this park is the manatees that swim in a cove during the winter, the area also has an amazing history starting in the mid-1800s that I...