Our Travel Adventures

Myakka River State Park, Fl 08/11/2017 Brian and Diego came to Florida to pick their car and dog Max up and return home.  Brian Diego and Greg had planned a overnight camping trip.  We headed out for Myakka River State Park, in Sarasota Florida.  Becky and I have camped there several times over the years. After checking in at the Ranger Station, we proceeded to the Nature Center.  After learning about the park and it's residence, we continued on to the alligator water hole.  This is the famous bridge well know for alligator watching.  Today, hot overcast and lots of flooding, the gators were keeping cool below the surface. Normally you will see a dozen or more gators lounging around. A little ways down the road we stopped at a popular trail to see the the freestanding observation tower.  Several feet in the air you can see for a long distance over the park. Diego finds several snail shells under a tree.  We gues...

06/22/2015 Brian, Diego, and Max arrive at our home in Florida around 4:00 a.m.  They drove 10 hours from their home in North Carolina.  Great seeing them.  Claudia was scheduled to work so was unable to come.  We got about 4 hours sleep. Diego Becky and I went to Nokomis North Jetty Beach for the day.  Beautiful Turquoise water about 80 deg. F temperature.  We enjoyed snorkeling and Diego practiced with his Boogie Board.  Temperature was in the low 90'S. Diego swimming with the Manatee 6/23/2015 Today we loaded the Kodiak RV and went to Myakka River State Park to camp over night.  We drove to the Air Boat ride to see it leaving to tour the River. We visited the gift shop, then we headed back to our camp site and set up camp.  Diego and I connected the water, sewage line and electricity while Becky organized the inside. We walked to the Nature Center and enjoyed looking at the ...