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Lake Louisa State Park and Clermont, FL

Lake Louisa State Park and Clermont, FL

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The extended chronicles of our travels as recorded on this blog have been largely chronological. We’re taking a bit of a departure from that linear model of storytelling and skipping a few months of recent history immediately following this brief update. Our new camper is working well – we’ve adapted to towing a trailer, mostly because I am overly cautious and usually well-prepared if given the luxury of time to plan. The set-up/tear-down time of the trailer is virtually the…

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Not So Lazy Days in the Florida Keys

Not So Lazy Days in the Florida Keys

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Our days here on Geiger Key continue to be packed to the gills with activities, which you already may have deduced from the distinct lack of blog posts lately. “How can a ‘retired’ couple with no kids stay so busy?” you might ask. Most days I wonder the same thing. But when we take a few minutes to slow down and reflect on the past couple of months, it’s easy to see what fills our typical days. In the previous…

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Visiting with Family and Another Fish Tale

Visiting with Family and Another Fish Tale

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As much as we both value our personal daily routines, neither of us are rigid taskmasters driven to achieve daunting to-do lists day after day simply for the sake of accomplishment. Although if you ask Ashley, I may act like that on occasion. Nevertheless – when the days with visitors in January outnumbered the days without, we practiced flexibility while still finding time to do those core activities important to each of our lives. Cecil had been stationary for over…

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Holiday Happenings and the Tale of the Conch Republic

Holiday Happenings and the Tale of the Conch Republic

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Life continues to roll on here in the Keys this winter, and we certainly can’t complain about the mild weather with all the reports of snow, ice, and frigid temperatures up north. We find our days to be busier in this pseudo-early retirement than when we lived a more traditional lifestyle complete with full-time jobs and a sticks and bricks house. January was the first month since we started this little blog in March 2017 that I didn’t post at…

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A Return to Island Life

A Return to Island Life

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After cruising through three wineries thanks to Harvest Hosts on our way to Florida, we had two more locations lined up as tentative stops through the Sunshine State before reaching the Keys. Central Florida experienced extended rainstorms shortly before we arrived, eliminating one of our potential stops since it was simply too muddy to park an RV in the grass. Our second choice was located back a long country dirt road, and as I wrote in the last post, we…

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Making Miles through America’s Mid-South

Making Miles through America’s Mid-South

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In the time that’s passed since our last update, we’ve traveled nearly 1,800 miles and traded out chilly fall nights for balmy tropical evenings. As our friends and relatives in the northeast are currently in the midst of a winter storm, we’ve abandoned cold weather and the threat of ice and snow for the season. While we’re glad to be out of freezing temperatures, we both enjoy the changing seasons and the coziness inherent in autumn as the leaves drop…

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Clayton Lake State Park and a New Mexico State Park Reference Guide

Clayton Lake State Park and a New Mexico State Park Reference Guide

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Our summer of rambling around New Mexico drew to a close at Clayton Lake State Park with the Oklahoma prairie beckoning just beyond the border. The park lies on the edge of the Great Plains with the surrounding area featuring grasslands, sandstone bluffs, and volcanic rocks. We rolled into Clayton Lake hoping to find an available space to park through the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Discovering the park to be nearly empty, we practically had our choice of sites. This…

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Sugarite Canyon State Park and Raton, New Mexico

Sugarite Canyon State Park and Raton, New Mexico

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The town of Raton in northeastern New Mexico has earned a reputation among travelers as a welcome rest stop during a long journey. As early as the 1700s, semi-nomadic tribes of Apache, Ute, and Comanche moved into the area in search of fertile land for crops and abundant wildlife as food. When the Santa Fe Trail opened in 1821, many Americans moved west following this route that connected Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. The trail became a major…

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Cimarron Canyon State Park and the Once Wild Town of Cimarron

Cimarron Canyon State Park and the Once Wild Town of Cimarron

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After all the excitement with the tornado in Eagle Nest, we were hoping our next stop would provide a less evening-newsworthy atmosphere (and it did – no rare weather occurrences to report). Cimarron Canyon State Park is located less than ten miles east of Eagle Nest making for a very short travel day. We planned only a two-night stay at Cimarron Canyon, attempting to time our future park visits around the upcoming Labor Day weekend as well as pending reservations…

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New Mexico’s Enchanted Circle and Eagle Nest Lake State Park

New Mexico’s Enchanted Circle and Eagle Nest Lake State Park

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We’ve grown accustomed to rapidly changing weather conditions since New Mexico’s monsoon season started. Strong winds, heavy rains, and noisy hail have become nearly everyday occurrences. We were not, however, expecting to see a tornado blow through a state park at 8,200 feet elevation next to the sleepy little town of Eagle Nest surrounded by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. On Thursday, August 9th, the day after we arrived at Eagle Nest Lake State Park, the now typical afternoon storm…

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