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Essential Books for Roadtrips, Vanlife, and Overland Adventures
Part of the reason and purpose for traveling like we do is to appreciate being present where we are right now. To be active in the moment and to intentionally try to remove distractions. We don’t travel to “escape” i.e. to vacate, or as a part of a “vacation,” but as a way of exploration…
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A Week Around Florida: Valdosta to Eufaula Day 8
Today was the day we headed back to the farm in Alabama. After driving through some thick morning fog along state highways and county roads we had one more place we planned to stop at on the way home. We headed northwest toward Eufaula where we wanted to stop for a long lunch break and…
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A Week Around Florida: St. Augustine to Valdosta Day 7
Wind. That is the word of the day, really strong wind. In this post, we say a final goodbye to the beach at St. Augustine and head northwest toward the farm in Alabama. The weather had started to turn unfriendly due to a cold front that was sweeping across the country, so it was time…
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A Week Around Florida: Istokpoga to St. Augustine Day 6
There are certain days of the week when you have a particular routine you stick to as much as possible. Saturdays, in our home (mobile or stationary), are called Pancake Day. We have had Pancake Day for maybe 10 years now and it is just one of those traditions that stuck. Another thing we do…
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A Week Around Florida: Homestead to Okeechobee Day 5
On Day 5 we started off at our staging ground parking lot campsite near Homestead, which is the Miccosukee Casino parking lot. If you missed the update on Day 3, this is where we stayed on the way down to the keys, mainly because this is a pretty isolated area west of Miami, but they…
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A Week Around Florida: Key West to Homestead Day 4
Our fourth day on this circumnavigation trip took us from Key West to Homestead, Florida. We began the day, however, waking up to a beautiful sunrise at Bahia Honda State Park. It’s hard to even describe the view and peacefulness at this particular park, but it was amazing. Scott took a sunrise walk down to…
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A Week Around Florida: Tamiami to Bahia Honda Day 3
Day three of this maiden adventure for Loki had us driving from Homestead to Bahia Honda State Park. This day would provide our best surprise yet, as we made the very slow trek over Seven Mile Bridge and beyond. The day started from the parking lot of the Miccosukee Casino located in Homestead, just west…
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A Week Around Florida: Auburn to Tampa Day 1
If you have been following our progress on the van you know we were ready to test everything out on a trip someplace warmer than South Alabama. Since there isn’t a whole lot of land south of South Alabama, Florida was it. We finally left on a freezing morning with frost covering all the windows…
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Van Camping at Rood Creek Park
A couple of weeks ago we installed the overhead bins in Loki and officially met the criteria for calling the conversion complete-ish. This does not mean that there will be no changes going forward, quite the contrary. Since we took this trip to Rood Creek, we have already changed several things and will constantly continue…
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Scott in the 1971 Volkswagen Camper Van
Yes, it is Throwback-Thursday and yes, this is me in the family Volkswagen Camper Van, a shot taken in May of 1971 when we were apparently on a trip to Colorado Springs. There are many other shots of me years later when I wanted to drive (like in 1972) where I am sitting on the…
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