We left the campground and headed towards the Mouth of Two-Hearted River Campground. The familiar good gravel road was dry and packed and a lot better to drive on this time. We paused by the turnoff to the dirt road that we shouldn't have taken last time. What were we was I thinking? After smartly … Continue reading UP – Mouth of Two-Hearted River State Campground
Category: State Parks
UP – Things that glow in the dark
UP stands for Upper Peninsula, Michigan. If you happen to remember how we got stuck, you know we'd have to go back and explore the park we missed because of our misadventure. So here we are, driving north over Mackinac Bridge, on our way back to the Mouth of Two Hearted River State Forest. We … Continue reading UP – Things that glow in the dark
Ponce de Leon Park
Ponce de leon park is located on the outskirts of Punta Gorda in Florida. Our van was still at the dealership waiting to for a fix, so we had lots of time to investigate the area. On the edge of town, overlooking Charlotte Harbour, this park seems to be the sunset Mecca of Punta Gorda. … Continue reading Ponce de Leon Park
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
We have to start with a warning: there are a lot of photos in this post. Perhaps too many, but it was hard to choose and we wanted to share with you the beauty of Paint Mines Interpretive Park. Furthermore, many of these too many photos are of rocks and rock formations. If you are … Continue reading Paint Mines Interpretive Park
Ontario, Galveston, Savannah: Trip Summary
For the sake of switching things up a bit, we are doing our trip summary as a separate post. It contains the general route and some statistics, campground locations and costs. To see the stories and pictures of the place we stopped at, click on the highlighted links Route: We left Ontario on a snowy … Continue reading Ontario, Galveston, Savannah: Trip Summary
Pensacola
Pensacola does heritage interpretation really really well. We stopped there on our way between Big Lagoon State Park and Falling Water State Park and were totally impressed. Heritage and archaeology The town's historic district is a history buff's paradise. Visitors can walk through the heritage district, pop in and out of the designated heritage buildings, … Continue reading Pensacola
Avery Island – Look, Tabasco Everywhere!
Galveston was this trip's westernmost point and we now start making our way east; mostly along the coast. We veered north for a few days to visit Avery Island and spend a quiet Christmas Eve. We Chose Palmetto State Park in Louisiana as our home base for a couple of days. Naturally, as best laid … Continue reading Avery Island – Look, Tabasco Everywhere!
Sea Rim to Galveston
The next step of our trip took us from Sea Rim to Galveston. Both are Texas State Parks on the shore of the gulf of Mexico teeming with migratory birds this time of the year. Texas has many faces, and the southeast along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico is very different from the … Continue reading Sea Rim to Galveston
Hot Springs to the Crater Of Diamonds
We left you as we were about to cross the border to Tennessee. We drove along miles of flooded cotton fields and continued on into clearer weather in Arkansas. A cold front made us change our plans slightly and instead of Eureka Springs, we drove straight to the warmer city of Hot Spring. Hot Springs … Continue reading Hot Springs to the Crater Of Diamonds
From Sandwich Glass to Vermont Cheese
Our time in Cape Cod is almost over. One last stop on our way to the bridge - the Sandwich Glass Museum is a neat museum featuring rare glass mostly from the local Sandwich Glass Co. that operated between 1825 to 1888. We also watched a fascinating live glass blowing demonstration. Getting off the … Continue reading From Sandwich Glass to Vermont Cheese