“So much has been given to me, I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.” -Helen Keller Hey, Y’all! I was thinking the other day…have you ever been driving and upon the arrival to your destination, you look around and think to yourself “How did I Continue Reading
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Jumping Back In
Sunset over Middle Lake from Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL Hey, Y’all! Been a while, huh?! Sorry to have left you hanging since my last posting in May. But, life got a little out of its normal bounds for a few weeks at the beginning of June, and Continue Reading
Stopover in Mississippi en route to Gulf Shores
Hey, Y’all! The trip we had planned for a four-night stay at Gulf State Park Campground { https://www.alapark.com/parks/gulf-state-park } FINALLY arrived. We had originally scheduled our stay for last fall, but then Hurricane Sally hit the Gulf Shores area as a Category 2 storm on September 16, 2020. With winds Continue Reading
Opening Weekend at Canal Campground
Hey, Y’all!!! The time we’d been looking forward to since the end of October, 2020, finally arrived…the opening weekend at our beloved Canal Campground!! We had scheduled a short vacation to Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring, Florida during the week of February 14th, but because of a winter storm Continue Reading
Camping in the Nature Coast
Hey, Y’all! There were only two weeks between our trip to Port St. Joe and our Christmas week trip. For the second year in a row, we chose to spend the week leading up to Christmas on the Nature Coast. On previous visits to the area we have stayed in local Continue Reading
Camping in Port St. Joe, FL
Hey, Y’all! Before camping at our beloved Canal Campground in Grand Rivers, KY came to a seasonal end in October, we were already looking for a warm destination for our upcoming vacation at the end of November. Since we would have our new fifth-wheel by then, and we hadn’t been Continue Reading
From a step to a leap
Hey, Y’all! Like I said in my last post, before the Canal Campground camping season came to a close at the end of October, we knew we weren’t done with camping for the year. There was one small problem….our little Jayco wasn’t an “all-season” travel trailer. For those that don’t Continue Reading
Becoming part of the Canal Camping Community
Sunrise over Barkley Lake from Browns Point in the Canal Campground Hey, Y’all! Welcome back and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Woo wee!! What a year 2020 was, huh?! It was certainly a year that could easily be looked upon as a “bad” year for various valid reasons. Although I could list a Continue Reading
Camping at Eureka Campground
Hey, Y’all!! I hope you’ve enjoyed my recollections of our Summer happenings thus far as much as I have enjoyed sharing them. It’s rather hard to believe we are at the end of 2020. To say this has been a year we will never forget is probably the biggest understatement Continue Reading
Let’s go camping!
Sunrise on Barkley Lake Hey, Y’all!! Now that I’ve caught you up on what FINALLY spurred us to purchase our first RV, I am able to get down to business and share one of the main goals of this blog…our camping adventures!! But, first, I’ll fill you in what lead Continue Reading