One night in Grand Rapids, MN–Big Trip #4
We were in Grand Rapids in August 2022, as part of Big Trip #4. Don’t confuse Grand Rapids, MN with Grand Rapids, MI, which we visited in 2016 while on Big Trip #1! Where to break up the drive from...
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Florida in January: Retrospective
We were in Florida from 1/2 to 2/2/2022. It seems obvious, but: spending January in a warm place is a great idea. We weren’t sure if we’d like spending so much time in Florida, and while we didn’t love all...
One night in Jekyll Island, GA
We were in Jekyll Island from 2/2 to 2/3/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Jekyll Island is an enchanting place. It’s a former millionaires’ vacation paradise turned into a state park in 1948, and is home to miles of...
Four nights in St Augustine, FL (visit #2)
We were in St Augustine from 1/28 to 2/1/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Read about our first visit to St Augustine in 2020 here. Our itinerary called for three nights in Ormond Beach followed by three nights in...
Two days in Gainesville, FL
We were in Gainesville from 1/24 to 1/26/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. The drive from Bronson to Gainesville is under an hour, but we were slower due to a stop in Williston for new Airstream batteries to tide...
Three nights in Palm Harbor/Dunedin, FL
We were in Palm Harbor from 1/16 to 1/19/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. From Venice, it’s a two hour drive up to the Dunedin/Palm Harbor area, just north of Clearwater and northwest of Tampa. The shortest route...
Two nights in Venice, FL
We were in Venice from 1/14 to 1/16/2022, as part of our Florida in January trip. From Fort Myers Beach we drove an hour and a half north to Venice, a seaside city with beaches, a canal (hence the name),...
Two nights in Fort Myers Beach, FL
We were in Fort Myers Beach from 1/12 to 1/14/2022 as part of our Florida in January trip. Here’s a tip for planning an RV trip to Florida in the winter: book your campgrounds as soon as they start taking reservations...
A week in Key West, FL
We were in Key West from 1/3 to 1/10/2022, as part of our Florida in January trip. Our week in Key West might be the longest we’ve ever camped in one place, other than when we lived in the Airstream...
Trip planning: Florida in January
Are we officially snowbirds? Wikipedia’s definition includes us: “A snowbird is a person who migrates from the colder northern parts of North America to warmer southern locales, typically during the winter… A significant portion of the snowbird community is made up of recreational...