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…
During our backpacking trip on the Apostle Islands this August, I recorded some video to help us remember the trip. Our two night, three day trip gave us so much video that I ended up with three videos! If you want to see more of our adventures, subscribe to our YouTube channel. I hope you…
Travel Dates: August 27 – Sept 11, 2015 The “North Shore” is the section of Minnesota from Duluth to Grand Portage along the Lake Superior coastline. I had heard amazing things about this section of Minnesota and had been ready to visit it since we first set foot in the state. After some plan changes and a…
Sam and I have never considered traveling in an Airstream “camping”. Camping is what you do in a tent either with a car or in the back country. We had the goal this summer of introducing our kids to backpacking, and at first we planned to go at least once a month all summer. It…
I often lose track of how many Jr. Ranger badges my kids have earned which got me into a little trouble when we hit 50 and didn’t know it. 50 badges seemed like a good milestone for celebrating and the kids were a little disappointed that we had skipped it. “How about 70? 75?” I…
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.
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!
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.
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!
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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!
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!
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!
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!
We were there at the same time! How fun!! T@b trailers are super awesome – hooray for getting out any way we can! 😉
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