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Camping at Lake Monroe Park, DeBary, Florida (county park)
May 06, 2026 - When we arrived at Lake Monroe Park, there is a gentle reminder that you are now in a county park which is a little diff...
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Camping at Falling Waters State Park (second time) - April 2026
April 26, 2026 - We are back at Falling Waters State Park – this is our second time camping here. If you have been following our blog pos...
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Camping at Paynes Prairie State Park, Micanopy, Florida
April 19, 2026 - We headed out for a 6-day trip (5 nights) – no, not a three hour tour! Our trip started with a 1- night stop at Paynes P...
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Camping at Trimble Park, Mount Dora, Florida
April 15, 2026 - We headed over to Trimble Park just 11 minutes from downtown Mount Dora located in central Florida. This is a small Oran...
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Camping at Oscar Scherer State Park, Nokomis, Florida
March 11, 2026 - We headed south to spend a night at Oscar Scherer State Park in Nokomis, Florida (south of Sarasota, north of Venice). T...
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Camping at Manatee Springs State Park, November 2025
December 04, 2025 - Our third and final stop on our November 2025 trip is returning to Manatee Springs State Park located in Chiefland, Flor...
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Camping at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, Santa Rosa, Florida
November 30, 2025 - Our second stop on our November 2025 trip is to the beautiful Topsail Hill Preserve State Park located in Santa Rosa Bea...
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Camping at Ochlockonee River State Park
November 27, 2025 - We have been home 3 weeks since our October trip and are heading out on a short trip to the pan handle area of Florida t...
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Camping at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
November 16, 2025 - Continuing on our journey, we to family in Fort Pierce, stayed a few days and then continued our camping adventure for o...
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Camping at Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, Jacksonville, Florida
November 11, 2025 - Continuing on our journey, we travelled back to Hanna Park which we visited earlier this year. The official name of this...
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Camping at Fort Clinch State Park, Fernandina Beach, Florida
November 08, 2025 - Continuing on our journey, we travelled back to our home state with a stop at Fort Clinch State Park located in Fernandi...
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Camping at Hamburg State Park, Mitchell, Georgia
November 04, 2025 - Continuing on our journey, we travelled a short distance to our next stop, Hamburg State Park (sister park to A. H. Step...
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Camping at A. H. Stephens State Park, Crawfordville, Georgia
October 31, 2025 - Our next stop was for 1 night to check out A. H. Stephens State Park. This park is a ‘sister park’ to Hamburg State Park...
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Camping at General Coffee State Park, Nicholls, Georgia
October 29, 2025 - We started our planned trip for October 2025 on the 12th of October (no hurricanes thus far this year, yay!!!). Always w...
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Camping at Laura S. Walker State Park, Waycross, Georgia
June 19, 2025 - We have arrived at the final camping stop on our RV trip. Travelling to Waycross, Georgia – we stayed at Laura S. Walker...
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Camping at Poinsett State Park, Wedgefield, South Carolina
June 14, 2025 - On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 we left Falls Lake Recreation Area in Wake Forest, North Carolina and continued our trek south...
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Camping at First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia
June 01, 2025 - First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia We travelled to Virginia Beach on Saturday, May 10, 2025 and arrived...
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Camping at Skidaway Island State Park, Savannah, Georgia
May 26, 2025 - Skidaway Island State Park Tuesday, May 6, 2025 we set out on our first long trip of the year. The next several blog pos...
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Camping at Colt Creek State Park, Lakeland, Florida
March 08, 2025 - At the end of February, we decided to take a couple of nights and go over to Colt Creek State Park, located at 16000 Sta...
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Big Talbot State Park, where the 'boneyard' lies - Jacksonville, Florida
March 05, 2025 - I've wanted to visit Big Talbot State Park since the time I found out about it (and that's been a long time!). Finally,...
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Camping at Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, Jacksonville, Florida
February 07, 2025 - Our first trip in 2025! This trip was a little different than some of the trips we took in the past as it was a chance f...
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Camping at Florence Marina State Park, Omaha, Georgia
November 28, 2024 - Florence Marina State Park
This is our last stop on this trip – we arrived here at Florence Marina State Park on the we...
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Camping at William Bankhead National Forest, Corinth Recreation Area, Double Springs, AL
November 25, 2024 - The drive from Mountain View, Arkansas to Double Springs, Alabama is a fairly long one in terms of travel time. We heade...
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Camping at Whitewater RV Park, Mountain View, Arkansas
November 20, 2024 - Mountain View, Arkansas
We arrived October 24 th, stayed the nights of 24, 25 and 26. Headed out on the 27 th (Sunday).
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Camping at Falling Waters State Park, Chipley, Florida
November 06, 2024 - Falling Waters State Park, Chipley, Florida We left our house to begin our adventure shortly after 9am.
We left behind...
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Lower Darnell Creek Falls, Rabun County, Georgia
August 18, 2024 - Another day adventure with the dogs while vacationing in the mountains of North Carolina and northern Georgia. Darnell C...
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Mud Creek Falls, Sky Valley, Georgia
August 12, 2024 - Hiking this trail started at the Sky Valley overlook where I believed we viewed the path down Highway 23 which leads to...
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Camping at Hillsborough River State Park, Thonotosassa, Florida
July 12, 2024 - Recently we completed our third RV camping trip. This time we headed a short distance up to Hillsborough River State Par...
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Camping at Manatee Springs State Park, Chiefland, Florida
April 30, 2024 - Recently we completed our second RV camping trip. This time we headed a little north to Chiefland, Florida taking our Bu...
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Waterrock Knob Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway
September 04, 2022 - Waterrock Knob is a mountain peak in the state of North Carolina, U. S. This peak must be reached by travelling on the B...
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Happiness is....spending time with your fur kids (aka, dogs)
August 05, 2022 - Happiness is?
I totally believe that our dogs (and probably most dogs) are happiest when they are with their human fami...
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A walk at dog-friendly Lettuce Lake Park in Tampa, Florida
April 01, 2022 - One of our favorite places to take our dog(s) for a walk is a local county park called "Lettuce Lake Park". This park is...
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Fall Pet Photographs with two special dogs looking for their forever home
October 29, 2021 - In recent weeks we have photographed a couple of dogs that have been looking for that special home that will become thei...
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Memories of your pet - whether it be when they are young or a senior
October 08, 2021 - Memory in its technical terminology refers to the processes that are used to acquire, store, retain and then later retri...
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How I pick a location to photograph dogs
July 23, 2021 - This week we explore some of the key points I use to pick a location for photographing dogs. As many of you know, a good...
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Alarka Falls, Bryson City, North Carolina
June 06, 2021 - Looking for a beautiful trail to hike near Bryson City? Check this one out - Alarka Falls (or Alarka Creek Falls) locate...
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Tellico Gap - Appalachian Trail - Franklin, North Carolina
May 30, 2021 - We hiked a small piece of the Appalachian Trail - according to a local, we hiked about 1.4 miles of it. Recently, we dec...
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Mingo Falls, near Cherokee, North Carolina
July 19, 2020 - Our first hike on our recent trip to North Carolina was to Mingo Falls located near Cherokee, North Carolina. Mingo Fall...
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Rufus Morgan Trail, Franklin, North Carolina
July 12, 2020 - Rufus Morgan Trail is located in western Franklin, North Carolina. We drove about an hour to get to the trail head – man...
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Pet Photography - Theme Water
June 12, 2020 - This week's pet photography theme is 'water' - as a family that has done boating, hiking to waterfalls and just hanging...
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Pet Photography - Landscape and your pets
June 05, 2020 - This week's pet photography theme is 'landscape' and we are showing some of Florida's green summer weather (right before...
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Cloudland Canyon State Park - West Rim Trail
May 13, 2018 - We just returned from several days up in the cooler weather of north west Georgia. The next few weeks will take you on a...
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Beauty of trees...
March 25, 2018 - I recently read an article in one of my magazines that arrived - the article was about trees. Specifically, it was about...
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Lithia Springs Park on a cool spring day
March 18, 2018 - Continuing on our trek to do the Hillsborough County Hiking Spree, we headed over to Lithia Springs Park this week. Firs...
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Spring at Trout Creek, Wilderness Park
March 11, 2018 - We all loaded up in the car this week on a beautiful spring day and took our little family over to Trout Creek - one of...
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Courthouse Falls, Brevard, North Carolina (back to the waterfalls)
December 10, 2017 - Courthouse Falls is probably one of the most beautiful waterfalls I have ever seen. It's not visited by many judging on...
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Watson Mill Bridge State Park - Comer, Georgia
October 22, 2017 - The next several weeks will feature places we visited on our most recent trip up to the mountains - I hope you enjoy our...
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The word is "Climb"
July 23, 2017 - This week's photographs feature stairs as a way of conveying the word 'climb'. Definitely something that many of us did...
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Dead River Park, Hillsborough County, Florida
July 09, 2017 - The last two weeks we have been on the road showing beautiful scenes where roads are oak lined. We have something close,...
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DeSoto Falls and DeSoto State Park, Mentone, Alabama
May 28, 2017 - As we continued our travels in north east Alabama, we visited DeSoto Falls. DeSoto Falls is about another 7 miles or so...
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High Falls State Park, Jackson, Georgia
April 02, 2017 - Continuing on our journey from last week, we spent most of our time at High Falls State Park. This park is just over 1,0...
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Little Manatee River State Park - Florida Trail
January 29, 2017 - This past week I decided to check out the Little Manatee River State Park. I've driven by it so many times over the last...
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Hillsborough River State Park - Wild flowers!
November 13, 2016 - Recently I went out to Hillsborough River State Park a couple of times to get photographs of the wild flowers. Most time...
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Waterfall treking around Brevard, North Carolina
August 14, 2016 - Wow, we are getting up early today, it's still dark outside! Breakfast first, then loading up the truck - we are heading...
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Table Rock State Park, Pickens, South Carolina
July 31, 2016 - On the third day of our trip to South Carolina we ventured to Table Rock State Park. The brochure promised trails, a wat...
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Rainbow Falls Trail, Gorges State Park, Sapphire, North Carolina
July 17, 2016 - The joys of being outside with nature. We ventured off to the mountains to see waterfalls and other things not common in...
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Boy Scout Park - ELAPP
January 03, 2016 - Boy Scout Park resides in Temple Terrace, Florida and is adjacent to Riverhills Park. Many who come to enjoy Riverhills...
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