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National Parks Travel Tales & Tips

Our Epic Road Trip Around the USA: 24 States in 41 Days

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Chantal 15 Comments camping, National Parks, road trip, Surveyor, travel trailer

. We were at a campsite once with our beloved StarCraft pop-up camper when a gentleman wandered over to chat.

Wildlife

Bird-watching on St. George Island

December 18, 2020December 19, 2020 Chantal 2 Comments birds, nature, Wildlife

Have you ever tried to photograph songbirds? It is no easy task. Let me just say I have a renewed appreciation and admiration for the birders who actually manage to capture clear crisp images of these little guys.

Florida State Parks

Lucifer the Hippo and Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Chantal 5 Comments

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is home to Lucifer, the oldest captive hippopotamus in the Americas. He dabbled in show biz in his early years and has lived at Homosassa Springs since 1964. Lu, as he is now known, is so popular that the governor granted him special Florida citizenship in order to allow him to stay in this park as a non-native species.

Fun Destinations

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Chantal 1 Comment

Today, Mote broke ground on the construction of the new, state-of-the-art Mote SEA in Nathan Benderson Park, a massive and beautiful-looking new aquarium!