This isn’t Mr. Roger’s neighborhood, clearly. But it’s just as inviting and entertaining. Bird Rookery Swamp You know that a hiking path is a favorite of locals when people you meet walking toward you say, There’s an alligator ahead, before the picnic table. Two of them, on the right before the gate. First of all, […]
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Dispatches from a Child Bride
That’s what I feel like here in this Imperial Bonita Springs RV park because it’s limited to residents age 55 and over. In other words, everyone is old, and apparently some people can tell I’m not. When Tracy and I come and go from the Airstream, which is right by the horseshoe courts, the rowdy […]
Florida Version of Best-yet Campground?
Over the summer we ended up spending three weeks in Washburn, Wisconsin because we happened upon a county campground on Lake Superior that suited us so well. After only a few days here in Bonita Springs, Florida, I’m thinking this place hits some of the same sweets spots. Good Neighbor This is Liz’s camper. She’s […]
Good Vibes at Imperial Bonita Estates
That’s the name of the campground (aka “RV Resort”) we’re staying in through December, until we head to the Keys. A Campsite with a View I mentioned last entry that we lucked out on our corner site that backs up to the Imperial River, and how lovely it is, with its tannin-stained water, herons and […]
Psyched about Solar and Our December Campground
Yay, we’re back in the Airstream! I actually slept for several gosh darn hours in a row last night in my own bed. This was after I cleaned the fridge (it had grown mold while in the heat of the shop), waited for it and the freezer to cool again, and moved our food back […]
I’m Glad My Fate Includes Keeping My Eyeballs
Yes, we’re taking a break from the trailer, by accident in a trailer in an RV park! But this place is more like the ”tiny house” park model I was obsessed with back in Virginia and a lot less like a rickedy old mobile home than I feared. What I’m Loving Yeah, I can spin […]
What’s a HipCamp?
When we started out, we bought memberships to several camping discount groups. Passport America gives us 50% off at certain campgrounds, but, it turns out, with stipulations at many (like no discount all of Thanksgiving week at the place we need it at a certain place that week). Harvest Hosts gives us free access to […]
The Beauty and Strangeness of the Deep South
We’re only an hour outside of the college town of Gainesville, Florida, but it feels like we’re on the moon. This is the Deep South, baby. We’ve moved away from the pine forests and small, scrubby palmettos of the panhandle into forests of huge live oaks entirely covered in swaying Spanish moss. The ground here […]
Fun on Wheels
That’s what a local called us as he strolled through the campground this morning. He said he always wanted to do something like this, but he’s not “brave” enough. I heard the same thing yesterday while on the phone with an accountant (turns out I have to re-file my mom’s taxes): by his description of […]
Tate’s Hell
It’s is actually a large state forest, 200,000 acres—although much of what we’ve seen is pine plantations, which doesn’t feel very forest-like to me because the trees are in rows. Still, the sense of isolation is strong here because Tate’s Hell is in the middle of the Apalachicola National Forest, which puts us smack dab […]
