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…
After my lovely relaxing day in the Florida Keys, I next visited Everglades National Park. Some of the things I learned while I was there included: There are both crocodiles and alligators in Florida The estimated numbers are about 2 million allies, and 2 or 3 thousand crocs The Everglades has the largest mangrove system in the world They are about 60% red mangroves, the rest are white and black mangroves There are 27 species of sharks there, and stingrays as well…
After driving down the east coast of Florida, I decided to go as far south as I could go in the contiguous US, into the Florida Keys. It was a beautiful day when I left from Miami for what would be a three hour drive to Key West. As expected, there were many bridges and causeways connecting the mainland and all of the islands. This was the view as I entered Key Largo. I was amazed at the road infrastructure,…
One of my favourite places to visit in Florida is the Kennedy Space Centre on Cape Canaveral. I’ve been there four times now, and each time I think it gets better! There was never any doubt in my mind that I would go there again on this trip. According to Wikipedia: “The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is one of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers. Since December 1968, Kennedy Space Center has been NASA’s primary launch…