Warning: This is more a long-winded, navel-gazing confession than a post about living on the road. But, if you’re in for the whole thing, maybe there’s something about full-time living on the road in here, too. My Kayak Beginnings Last year at about this time, we were frantically trying to anticipate a life on the […]
Author: Shelly
Former nomad, currently adjusting.
Come Tour the RVs at Sunshine Key
Hi there! Come along with me as I walk through the RV park here at Sunshine Key. I’ll show you around. We have 400 campsites here! So there’s lots for us to ogle as we walk along the rows and imagine life in all these RVs. The Fancy Ones All RV parks in the Keys […]
Banjo, Don’t Step on That!
I’ve written here earlier that we’re on a small key that’s been developed almost entirely into our RV park. Our trailer is about where the circle is. There’s a bit of wild land on the other side of the highway that we can walk to under the bridge (see my clever hand-drawn arrow). It’s weird […]
To Stream or Not to Stream
Here’s another technology post about a topic about which I’m in over my head, but here goes anyway. It’s part of full-time RV living that may seem strange to the uninitiated. We camp to get away from the world, right? So why do we work so hard—buying gadgets and tracking data use—to stay connected? I’m […]
Photo Update on Sunshine Key
I’ve felt this strange way before, when the outside world is in utter turmoil, and here I am on vacation. This is another aspect of full-time RV life I will get used to. So I’ll resort to blogging as I have in the past in these situations, with photos and just short descriptions. Pictured behind […]
First Impressions of RV Life in the Keys
We arrived at Ohio Key (known by the name of the RV park that’s on it: Sunshine Key) yesterday afternoon, and I’m writing this our first morning here, so it’s waaaay too early for an assessment of what life will be like here. But I have all these interesting photos I must share! Beautiful Views […]
Sunrise Service c/o the Everglades
We’re camped just a quick walk from Florida Bay—in fact, if we swam directly out we’d end up on Big Pine Key for our next reservations. If only the Airstream floated. 🙂 This morning instead of walking out to see the sunrise, I rode my bike. (Banjo is a little freaked out by this place, […]
Birds, Crabs, Dead Gators, Oh My
So far at Flamingo in the southernmost tip of the Everglades, we’ve gotten out of the campground early each morning to hike (before the crowds). Then we fix lunch at the trailer and eat in the shady tent. Tracy walks Banjo and he or I clean the dishes and sort stuff (there’s always sorting). In […]
Ending the Year with Snake Bight
That’s not meant to be click bait, I promise. We were the first to hike the Snake Bight Trail this morning—I post about that, way below. But first … Where We Are It’s been so long since we moved that I should start out with this! We left our community-centered, 55+ RV resort near Naples […]
You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
I’m saying goodbye to this most excellent RV park in Bonita Springs, Florida, but first I got to say hello to an old friend who graciously drove across Florida to visit—YAY! (And yes, her name is Karen. I get to have two old friends named Karen. It’s never confusing because one of them is “Karen” […]
