In my last post I mentioned breaking a toe while I was on Amelia Island. After another night of bumping it on absolutely everything in my truck, I gave up and decided to splurge on a couple of nights in a hotel to let it heal a bit. Orlando was only a few hours away, and you often find inexpensive hotels in resort towns, so I decided to go there. But here’s the problem with being in Orlando with a…
A couple of days into the new year I was finally able to book at campsite on Amelia Island on the Florida coast, so drove down one sunny morning. The first thing I did when I got there was to go to the beach. I don’t really consider myself a beach person, but this place could convert me. It always seems deserted, peaceful, pristine, and beautiful. I spent the afternoon walking for miles along the sand, and collecting shells. The…
A few days after Christmas I hit the road again, intending to head for the warm beaches of Florida, specifically to Amelia Island, that I had enjoyed so much before. It was good to be back on the road again, and even with the heavy holiday traffic, the excellent roads around Atlanta got me through quickly and easily. As you’ll see in the picture below, there are seven lanes in each direction, and although it was busy, we were ticking…
After my tour around the Florida Everglades in late November, I stayed in Florida a few more nights, but didn’t do anything terribly exciting. Mostly I just stopped to rest in state parks on my way back to Nashville for the Thanksgiving holiday. In fact, I pretty much ran straight through the last 20 hours of the trip back, only stopping for naps at truck stops when I needed a break, and arrived back at 4:30am. Once I was there…