Wildlife nest, feed along Florida’s Gulf Coast
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…
Jimmy Smith reflects on sense of ‘home’
Jimmy writes in his latest essay: “Sitting here on this little spit of land jutting into the Gulf of Mexico the day after Christmas,…
Strong, cold winds batter St. Joe’s St Pk on Gulf Coast–tent, holiday spirits still up
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…
Merry Christmas from Florida’s Gulf Coast
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…
Final day with Habitat RVers, heading north
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…
Week 2, Day 5 – Last day of our Habitat for Humanity RV Care-A-Vanners build in Sebring
After two weeks on the job site, Friday, was our final day as RV Care-A-Vanner volunteers for the Highlands County Habitat for Humanity in…
Week 2, Day 4 – Fulltime RVer Anne Larson
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…
Week 2, Day 3 – Retirees are backbone of the cabinet crew at Habitat in Sebring
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…
Week 2, Day 2 – SIP roof up in less than a day on Habitat house in Sebring
Today was the second day of our second week volunteering with the Highlands County Habitat in Sebring, Florida, as part of the Habitat for Humanity…
Week 2, Day 1 – Chilly winds, fine sugar sand blow on Habitat building site in Sebring
The severe winter weather affecting the Midwest and East coast has blasted its way into Florida. Today on the Highlands County Habitat for Humanity…