For our last beach stop this spring, we stayed at the Gulf State Park for a couple of weeks. We have been here before, but we liked it so much here that we have made this a place we will be sure to visit many more times in our future. Although it is a state park, it has the amenities and comforts of many RV resorts, plus more. USA Today has also named the park's trail system as the #1 recreational trail system ('23-'25) in the U.S. This park is located between and connect

Although we didn't stay on the island of Santa Rosa, we were just across the bridge where we stayed at the Santa Rosa RV Resort. On the island, we liked to visit the Gulf Islands National Seashore where the white sand beaches were some of the best we have experienced. You can't drive on the beach like most others on the panhandle, but a short walk from the parking areas take you to these relatively less crowded beaches with this white sand and clear, turquoise waters. I've

If you like a less developed and a quieter beach experience, staying in Eastpoint on the Forgotten Coast may be for you. This area is also known for oysters, so oyster lovers will also love this place. While here, we stayed at the Coastline RV Resort. Eastpoint is also very near other beach towns such as Apalachicola, Port St. Joe, and Mexico Beach that have many seafood restaurants available as well. Check out the Indian Pass Raw Bar if near Port St Joe. Right across the

Wrapping up our winter in Fl we stayed at a Class A Only resort for the month of March. The Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in central FL, near the small town of Webster. It is centrally located to several of our favorite FL bike trails and close to The Villages where my Mom and Ron live. We are also not too far from Orlando (east) or Tampa (southwest). Probably best trail in Fl is the Withlacoochee State Trail just west of the resort. This rail trail goes 46 miles and r

We took a bit of time from our warm winter residence to visit our son (Kyle) and future daughter-in-law (Jobi) at their house in Sandy, UT (near Salt Lake City). As you can see in this picture, our main activity was skiing a few days at the local mountains while we visited. We were told that this year wasn't great for snow, but I guess we were lucky that it snowed while we were there. Here at Alta, we saw about a foot of snow that day that made the powder hounds happy. I d

We decided to go further south this year to embrace even warmer winter weather by staying in Cape Coral for Jan & Feb. We stayed both months at the Encore Tranquility Lakes. Temps averaged in the 70s and we had very little rain while here. One thing we liked at this resort was our site location. On the east side of the lake, we were greeted to spectacular sunsets almost every night. Another beautiful sunset right from our chairs at our campsite. One thing that has changed

While originally not on my bucket list, our opportunity to cruise with some family in the southern hemisphere came at a great time to add and check this off the list. We sailed on Celebrity Cruise Lines to Antarctica and ports in South America out of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We sailed for 14 nights and stopped at various locations in ports in South America and visited many sights in Antarctica itself. Now to be clear, this trip was not one of those National Geographic, ha

In our quest to ride new trails in FL, we moved to just west of Apopka to visit the many trails this area has to offer. We stayed at the NW Orlando/Orange Blossom KOA . The place wasn't fancy, but nice except it did have a lot of noise from trucks, trains, and airplanes being next to a busy highway, railroad tracks, and a regional airport. Thankfully I had my sleep buds to negate the noise when sleeping. One day we took a trip over to Cape Canaveral for a Starlink launch.

Wintering in FL at a RV Resort can be tough! (jk) We stayed at the Resort at Canopy Oaks . This full service resort is where we have stayed in the past and wanted to return. They are out in the boonies, but have just about every amenity to keep you from needing to leave the property. One of the best parts of this place are the sunsets. This picture was from a bar stool in the tiki hut. Our site was on the water and we had all kinds of room. There's also a brick patio t

Now that we are in FL, we will take advantage of the warm weather to ride some of our favorite trails in the state. In Gainesville, we stayed at the Santa Fe Palms RV Resort . The trail we ride when we are here is the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail. We also rode some other trails not too far from here. This rail trail is 16 miles long and obviously from the name, you can tell where it begins and ends. The trail is mostly wooded with plenty of shade. We were able ride

Wrapping up our tour of the northeast US, we stayed at my brother in-law's land in Woodsboro, MD. He has a 30-amp hookup for us whenever we are in the area. We are actually here to attend a wedding of our longtime friend's son. We got to visit with some old friends and even managed a quick ride on the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Trail . Although I do not believe the wedding planned this balloon launch during the reception, we did witness them fly over very near th

This area is known as the "Grand Canyon of PA" where the Pine Creek Rail Trail travels between mountains on both sides and along the Pine Creek in north central PA. While here in Morris , we stayed at the Twin Streams Campground that was fairly central to the trailheads. This trail is very remote and runs about 66 miles from Wellsboro to Jersey Shore. Due to weather and time allotted, we did not ride the entire trail, but we definitely want to return to finish every mile

While in PA, we made sure to ride another HoF Rail Trail near York, PA. The Heritage Rail Trail starts in York and travels down to the PA state line with MD. We stayed at the Ben Franklin RV Park near the west side of York. This trail was unique in that the trail still has the original rails that are still used in some ways today. There is a section of the trail you can ride on a rail bike with American Rail Bike in Seven Valleys. I've seen this before in IA, but I sti

Starting to reach the end of our northeast US tour, we come to PA to ride some more great rail trails before it gets too cold for the winter. This time we stayed at the Elizabethtown / Hershey KOA Holiday . Now this campground is much closer to Elizabethtown than Hershey, but it was pretty close to the trail we wanted to ride. The main reason for being here was to ride the NW Lancaster County River Trail . This rail trail is about 16 miles long and runs along the picturesq

Continuing our tour of the northeast US, we go back into New York and stay near Poughkeepsie at the Jellystone Gardiner . We came here to ride part of the huge Empire State Trail that stretches 750 miles across the state. The HoF Rail Trail , Hudson Valley Trail is only 7 miles long, but is connected to the Dutchess Rail Trail on the east side of the Hudson river. The trail was wide and fully-paved and was in good condition. This is looking at the bridge ( Walkway Ove

Moving further south into MA, we explored the Cape Cod area and ventured over to Providence, RI to ride another Hof Rail Trail. While...

We are now spending some time in Massachusetts to ride some more bike trails and to visit several significant historical sites. We stayed at Spacious Skies Minute Man northwest of Boston. Our main purpose here is to ride the HoF Rail Trail named Minuteman Commuter Bikeway . We also visited and took tours in Boston and Salem during this stop. Growing up, I loved to watch the TV series "Cheers" for many years. So when we got to Boston for a history-based bar crawl/tour, w

After leaving Bar Harbor, we ventured down the coast to just south of Portland near Scarborough. We stayed at the SAC Sun Outdoors Saco Old Orchard Beach Resort . Our goal here was to make sure we rode the Eastern Trail which is another HoF Rail Trail on our bucket list. At the north end of the trail is the Bug Light lighthouse in South Portland at the Bug Light Park . Also in the park is a nice and informative memorial and walls telling the stories of the Liberty Ships

Now at our furthest north and eastern point of our tour of New England, we stop in Bar Harbor to visit the area and Acadia National Park ....

Here I am driving my amphibious RV across Lake Champlain! Just kidding, this was just a front row seat on the ferry from NY to VT. Not...