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...
2025 southeast swing – part 1: manatees winter home at Blue Springs State Park
As we started traveling in 2025, our first goal was to visit our family in south Florida, but of course we had a couple of stops before we could get...
2024 spring Florida family trip – part 5: return home to a new floor, spring time, and knee surgery
Our trip home was easy and relaxing. We stayed with our Florida friends again, enjoyed a second stay at a Harvest Host golf course parking lot, had lunch at Sally...