Camped in overflow parking at Texas' Brazos Bend State Park

Camped in overflow parking at Texas’ Brazos Bend State Park

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Didn't have a reservation and took a chance that we could get a camping site by driving up to Brazos Bend State Park, less than 30 miles southwest of Houston.No way. Not on this holiday weekend. Only thing available was overflow parking lot (no utilities, only Port-a-Po
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Wildlife nest, feed along Florida's Gulf Coast

Wildlife nest, feed along Florida’s Gulf Coast

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
We've spent the better part of a week camped on, or near, the Gulf of Mexico--first at Florida's St. Joseph's Peninsula State Park, then last night at Big Lagoon State Park near Pensacola."The Gulf's location in is in the very heart of bird migration where it provides
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Jimmy Smith reflects on sense of 'home'

Jimmy Smith reflects on sense of ‘home’

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', RV Journey 2010-11
Jimmy writes in his latest essay: "Sitting here on this little spit of land jutting into the Gulf of Mexico the day after Christmas, I feel a pang of homesickness which is curious given that, by choice, we have no home other than this tiny nest on the back of our truck.
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Strong, cold winds batter St. Joe's St Pk on Gulf Coast--tent, holiday spirits still up

Strong, cold winds batter St. Joe’s St Pk on Gulf Coast–tent, holiday spirits still up

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
It's darn hard photographing the wind--especially with an "automatic" camera that doesn't snap the shot when you push the shutter, because "it" wants everything to be in perfect focus.That said, constant, cold winds have been blowing hard here (with sustained gusts of 3
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Merry Christmas from Florida's Gulf Coast

Merry Christmas from Florida’s Gulf Coast

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Happy Holidays from cold and windy Florida's Gulf Coast. Julianne and Jimmy are snug in their truck and Lance camper at St. Joseph's Peninsula State Park within a few feet of Florida's famous white dunes. While it's not the warmest of the Sunshine State's days, w
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RVing at Lake Kissimmee in central Florida

RVing at Lake Kissimmee in central Florida

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
Lake Kissimmee State Park in central Florida is a naturalist's wonderland. (Just click on any of the images for a larger picture.)Located on the shores of lakes Kissimmee, Tiger and Rosalie wildlife abounds.There seems to be hundreds of Sandhill Cranes. These beauties a
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Final day with Habitat RVers, heading north

Final day with Habitat RVers, heading north

| RV / Camping Destinations, RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
Today, Sunday, Dec. 19, we leave our southern most point on this winter's journey and start heading the slow way west and north back home to Spokane, Wash.We are at the half way point circumnavigating the continental United States in our truck and camper. We have covere
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Week 2, Day 5 - Last day of our Habitat for Humanity RV Care-A-Vanner build in Sebring

Week 2, Day 5 – Last day of our Habitat for Humanity RV Care-A-Vanner build in Sebring

| Jimmy Smith's 'Another View', RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life
After two weeks on the job site, Friday, Dec. 17, was our final day as RV Care-A-Vanner volunteers for the Highlands County Habitat for Humanity in Sebring, Florida.We met some incredible people--volunteers, home owners and Habitat employees--who all believe in the simp
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Week 2, Day 4 - Fulltime RVer Anne Larson

Week 2, Day 4 – Fulltime RVer Anne Larson

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
RVer Anne Larson of Minnesota is not thrown by the unusually cold weather Florida is experiencing this week--in fact, she quickly fashions a pretty mean snowball from the early morning ice scrapings off her car window.For the past three winters, this fulltime solo RVer
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Week 2, Day 3 - Retirees are backbone of the cabinet crew at Habitat in Sebring

Week 2, Day 3 – Retirees are backbone of the cabinet crew at Habitat in Sebring

| RV Journey 2010-11, RV Life, RV People
Vernon Shutts and Elliott Whitesides hang cabinets for the Highlands County Habitat for Humanity build in Sebring, Fl.Lots of cabinets.Together they have install dozens of cabinets and counter tops for the Habitat homes in Sebring.Both spend about half the year in the
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