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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 Magnolia Park, Apopka, Florida
March 02, 2026 - Our first multi-night trip of 2026. Our camper is now 2 years old – we decided to put new trailer tires on it before thi...
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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 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 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 Little Pee Dee State Park, Dillon, South Carolina
May 28, 2025 - Little Pee Dee State Park We arrived on Thursday afternoon, May 8, 2025 around 4pm (yeah, you guessed that one!). We had...
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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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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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Nature's Classroom
September 24, 2017 - It's been many years since I was a 6th grader, but I still remember our week at Nature's Classroom. It is a really cool...
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Life cycle of the Gulf Fritillary butterfly
September 03, 2017 - This week's blog will share some of the backyard wonders we have here at home. While I haven't yet spotted one of these...
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Florida Aquarium - what to do when it rainy!
June 11, 2017 - The Florida Aquarium is indoors - and a lot of people had the same idea to go to the aquarium after having tons of rain...
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Owls - Great Horned Owl at Philippe Park, Safety Harbor
December 11, 2016 - This past weekend after completing a family shoot with a young couple and their dogs we were packing up to leave when a...
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Florida Aquarium - An afternoon with wildlife
November 20, 2016 - Have you been to the Florida Aquarium? It's a wonderful place to spend a few hours and it's air conditioned! Yes, it's a...
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Monarch Caterpillars
August 28, 2016 - Yesterday the garden club for our local elementary school started with the first day of a group of young eager gardeners...
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Croc Encounters, Tampa, Florida
July 10, 2016 - Croc Encounters is a sanctuary dedicated to rescuing reptiles. I did not know it, but this place is literally 10 minutes...
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Boating along the Hillsborough River - Wildlife
June 05, 2016 - It's been hot lately here in Tampa with the heat index giving us temperatures over 100 degrees. It's definitely summer a...
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Boating on the St John's River, Astor, Florida
May 22, 2016 - Last weekend we visited Astor, Florida along the St. John's River. A beautiful place for boating, but it's a small quiet...
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