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Family Camping in Dry Tortugas National Park

Dinner seemed to be running late, but since no one was paying any attention to the time, I’m not sure that it mattered. The kids and I were gathered around the picnic table reminiscing about our incredible day as Sam loosely monitored our sizzles sausages on the BBQ. “Mom! Do you remember that really cool…

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  • Amazing shots! Makes me think I should become a beach person. The canon shot is gorgeous! I miss camping it has been almost a year. Yikes. I am still dreaming that one day we can do some serious traveling like this.ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Start small!! Explore the places close to you and I’ll keep my fingers crossed a way opens up for you to travel farther in the future!ReplyCancel

  • Any idea when tourist season begins? We are putting our house on the market in a month so we could be hitting the road by April but would definitely like to avoid the crowds as we are traveling the country in our RV.ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Tourist season on the Tortugas? They said their busiest season is in April when the birds are migrating. Second to that is the holidays. The ranger said it doesn’t get crazy hot in the summer so that’s also a good time to visit!ReplyCancel

  • […] soon as we booked our tickets to the Dry Tortugas, we started looking online for reservations at Bahia Honda State Park. Unfortunately, the state […]ReplyCancel

    • Jenn Barry

      Thank you for this awesome post! I love all the helpful tips you have given. I am planning our trip for this December. I have a question for you guys…did you stay 2 nights? I am trying to decide between 2 and 3 nights. My kids will be 10, 11 and 13. Any advice on how long to stay? Thanks!ReplyCancel

      • Jess

        Hey Jenn! You are welcome! I think it depends on your family. When we booked, they only allowed 2 nights but if we had been able to I think we would have stayed 3! You really can’t get bored and its SO gorgeous. I think I mentioned we didn’t have time to explore out onto the other Key where the Conch Shells were. Your kids are old enough they’d probably spend quite a bit of time snorkeling out away from the fort as well!ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer Barry

    Thank you for this awesome post! I love all the helpful tips you have given. I am planning our trip for this December. I have a question for you guys…did you stay 2 nights? I am trying to decide between 2 and 3 nights. My kids will be 10, 11 and 13. Any advice on how long to stay? Thanks!ReplyCancel

  • Amra Boyd

    Amazing post about Dry Tortugas, and a great blog – thanks much for sharing! Btw, we are fellow campers from GA, and we too were at the FDR State Park this past Thanksgiving. We have a t@b trailer and dream of long-timing one day like you. Happy travels!ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      We were there at the same time! How fun!! T@b trailers are super awesome – hooray for getting out any way we can! 😉ReplyCancel

  • […] Camping on the Dry Tortugas. Definitely number one. Its expensive to get there, but cheap to camp so definitely stay at least […]ReplyCancel

  • […] border. Although we could do just a day trip, we kind of have a thing for camping on islands (see here and here) and it sounded like […]ReplyCancel

  • […] weren’t even supposed to be at Long Key State Park. After the Dry Tortugas, we originally had planned to stay at Bahia Honda for another five days to decompress. We knew […]ReplyCancel

  • […] Or if you have enough time, plan on camping on the Dry Tortugas! We didn’t get a chance to do it but it is on our list to go back and stay for a few nights. Here is a post from a family of 5, Currently Wandering, who spent a few days on the Tortugas (lucky!): Family Camping In Dry Tortugas National Park […]ReplyCancel

  • […] She seemed excited to have mom and dad all to herself and dove in like a champ. The kids all learned to snorkel on the Dry Tortugas last year, and apparently Cara liked it enough to go again. This time we had kelp beds instead of […]ReplyCancel

  • […] border. Although we could do just a day trip, we kind of have a thing for camping on islands (see here and here) and it sounded like […]ReplyCancel

New, Fun Ways to Dress Up Your S’mores

We rarely have campfires, but when we do my kids love to roast S’mores. After seeing the “So Much S’More to Do” book in a half dozen National Park visitor centers, we decided to buy one. We loved it so much that we gave a book, plus a dozen or so S’more fixings to all…

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  • We came from a big peanut butter family and had bonfires regularly so our favorite was a typical s’more but with peanut butter on the graham cracker. We also tried the same but with chocolate chip cookies! You could only eat one!ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Mmmmm peanut butter! That sounds fantastic!ReplyCancel

Using Campendium to Find Awesome Campsites & $50 Weekly Giveaway

We get a lot of questions about how to find our awesome campsites – whether they are boondocking, dry camping, National Forest or even just plain old RV Parks. Last year, our answer would have been varied as we had a lot of different tools we use. Since our official launch from the house last…

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  • Thanks for the great post Jess!ReplyCancel

  • Betty Marvin

    Thanks for the heads up! I’ll be watching its development with great interest.ReplyCancel

We Randomly Decide To Go Camping – El Chorro Regional Park, San Louis Obispo

We don’t general consider traveling around in an Airstream to be “camping”. Camping involves a tent, a backpack (preferably), lots of open space, yummy food, a campfire, snuggling in a sleeping bag, and waking up to the sound of the birds chirping, and sunlight streaming through the slightly open, zipped up window. It also involves…

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  • I always have to use an air mattress when camping! It makes me feel really old!ReplyCancel

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