Tortuga Travelers

We woke up Sunday morning and Sharon went online to see if there was any camp sites available at Huguenot Memorial Park. There was, so she m...

Monday, January 7, 2019 We arrived at Jonathan Dickinson State Park around after a leisurely drive up the Turnpike from the Everglades wi...

Flamingo Campground, Everglades NP, January 4 - 7, 2019 Friday, January 7, 2019 We left Collier Seminole early, about 7, and drove a...

Collier Seminole State Park, December 31, 2018 - January 4, 2019 Collier Seminole is about a hundred miles South of Oscar Shearer. There a...

Interstate 75 is too busy for my taste. I like serenity, and I-75 is more frenetic. It's not as crazy as I-95 around Miami, but US-41 an...

It's just a short trip, maybe 9 days, and we're not even leaving the lovely state of Florida. The original plan was a couple days in...

So I am 6' 8" tall, or was until I started shrinking with age. Being pretty much of a klutz has not been kind to my back. Over the ...

With our new pair of LiFePO4 batteries we expect to use our newfound glut of electrons more while we travel. We'll be able to use the In...

So our solar panel was a great way to charge our house battery as we traveled the sunny Western US. But when it became overcast later in the...

On our West 2018 trip we spent 96 nights on the road. We visited friends and family for a bit over a week. Of all the other nights on the ro...

Three months on the road, almost 15,000 miles, we came up with several lessons that we need to remember before our next big trip. Find a...

We packed Ernie, bid a fond farewell to Greg and Sarah, and Ernie wouldn't start. Uh, oh! I suspect the heavy rains we had the past coup...

Day 1, August 3. Driving from a Maryland beach to the Southern tip of the Outer Banks. We got up before dawn to watch the sunrise and walk ...

Thursday, August 2. A quick breakfast and we hit the road. The Shenandoah NP weather forecast is rain, so we're heading for the Delawar...