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 2: WWII military history at our very first state park, and more
The very first time we tried RV life, we rented one and drove it south to see our Florida family. We stayed at Jonathan Dickinson State Park and thoroughly enjoyed...
2024 spring Florida family trip – part 3: Palm Beach’s Flagler Museum, first floor
When we first started visiting our Florida family, they took us to this amazing home in Palm Beach. On our current trip, we decided to use one of our days...
2024 spring Florida family trip – part 4: Palm Beach’s Flagler Museum, second floor family rooms, guest rooms, history, lace exhibit, Railcar No. 9, cocoanut grove
The beautiful stairway in the Grand Hall takes us to the bedrooms on the second floor for the Flaglers, guests, and two of the rooms for servants. Also on this...