Travels WithJohn and Janice

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Every trip we've shared since 2011—filter by where we went, when we traveled, or what we explored.

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An osprey at its nest in the EvergladesUnited States
7 min read2016

Dateline December 10, 2016, Everglades National Park

For a pre-Christmas adventure we took the Roadtrek down to Everglades National Park with our neighbors Frank and Linda Ruff. We braved a forty-mile drive and a world-class mosquito welcome to camp at Flamingo, watched ospreys building nests and coots flying in long lines across a lake, and walked trails through pinelands and grasslands. We posed with a panther, held our breath at the mighty Rock Reef Pass, and toured a Cold War Nike missile base hidden in the park, once aimed at Cuba a hundred and sixty miles away. Another wonderful trip.

#Everglades#National Parks#Flamingo
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The washed-out A1A beach road in Flagler BeachUnited States
8 min read2016

Dateline October 11, 2016, Hurricane Matthew and Flagler Beach

Back home in Flagler Beach, we watched Hurricane Matthew strengthen into a category four and aim for the Florida coast. Having ridden out Wilma in 2005, we packed the new Roadtrek and ran west to a little RV park in Carrabelle, where we found a fishing dock, a rum and Diet Coke, and a porch full of fellow evacuees. We spent the long night fearing for our old beach house and woke to the relief that the storm would pass just offshore. We came home to find the house fine but the beach road, our A1A, half washed away by a ten-foot surge.

#Hurricane Matthew#Flagler Beach#Carrabelle
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The boardwalk through the dunes at Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, FloridaFlorida
2 min read2012

Dateline May 6, 2012, Heading to the RTJ Trail by Way of Henderson Beach

Out of Flagler Beach and seven hours west to Destin and Henderson Beach State Park on the Florida panhandle. Our first time in this stretch of the Gulf since the BP spill, and the beaches were back, no trace of it. Pristine dunes, monarchs and sea turtles, sand like powder. Sixteen dollars for the campsite (being 65 helped). One night on the way to Alabama and the start of the RTJ Trail.

#florida#destin#henderson-beach-state-park
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