Gallery of Images from our travels

Minnesota

Florida

Cedar Key, FL

I DO love Cedar Key
Foggy but water as far as you can see
Cormorant
Reminds me of Biloxi
Carved trees
Lingering effects of Idalia
Shoreline -no beach
Is he staring at himself?

Creativity on the Road

Sea Glass Art
Sea Glass Art
Sea Glass Art
Sea Glass Art
Driftwood
Mussell shell art
Pebble Art

Fall in Minnesota

Maine

First sunrise of the day
Sunrise on a clear day
Sunrise on a foggy day
Stunning sunrise!
Sunset
Sunset
Sunset – No words to describe the beauty!

The views!

One foggy morning
Canada
Lubec
Low tide
High tide
Our viewpoint to the east

Flora and animals

Real wildflowers everywhere, not just seed someone planted
Bald eagle looking for a fish
Deer in people’s yards rather than in the woods
Flowers wherever you look
Crab!
Yellow warblers

The city of Eastport – The most northeastern city in the state. First place to see the sunrise in the USA

Whale watching boat tour

New Hampshire

Creeks
Waterfalls
White Mountains
White Mountains
Rivers
Mt. Washington Summit
View from the observation deck
They actually chained the buildings to the mountain

West Virginia

Black Water Falls State Park
Beautiful waterfall
Interesting geology
Looks as if it’s just holding onto the boulder to stay in place
Allegheny Mountains
Smoke Hole Cavern
Stalactites
The colors
The textures
Underground river
Stalagmite
Lots of cave kisses dropping on us everywhere and creating these beautiful structures

North Carolina

Beautiful Sunset
Rual farming area where you plant around the old homesteads
Can you find the house?
You wouldn’t know this was in the midst of all these trees
Yep, another one
Rural life meant no church cemetaries, so you could be buried on your own land.
WWII prisoner of war camp in Williamston
What used to be the camp
One of the originial buildings for the camp still left behind
Washington, NC on the Pamlico river
An actual sailboat school and using small sailboats for training
View up the Roanoke river
Roanaoke river boardwalk and fishing area

South Carolina

The Ocean and the basin both

Wildlife Refuge
juvenile blue heron – I think
Intercoastal waterways
Long docks out to the water
ACE Basin
Beautiful live oak covered roads everywhere
The sweet surf of the Atlantic at Edisto beach

USS Yorktown

Patriots Point, Charleston, SC
USS Yorktown
Yowza! That’s a ship
Ship’s bell
Landing deck with multiple planes to see
We love the USA!

South Carolina Lowlands floral and animals

Turtle on the lake
Ducks everywhere!
Cranes
Crab
Fresh water lake
Pine cones
Gardenias – smell absolutely amazing
Huge magnolia blossom
Sweet Gum tree seeds
Angel Oak

Beautiful Beaumont South Carolina (pronounce the U)

Beautiful Beaufort, SC
Tree lined street along the water
Antebellum homes on one side of the street
So majestic
The view from the homes
Stunning lowlands at low tide
Massive Live Oaks

Savannah, Georgia

Tybee beach, GA
View of the Atlantic
Forsyth Park fountain
Stunning detail
Largest magnolia we’ve ever seen
Oldest live oak tree in Savannah ~400 years old
Such beautiful homes
The window trim details are cast iron
Looks so beautiful
Just wow!
Jones street is known as one of the prettiest streets in the US

Florida in the Spring

Red shouldered Hawk
Annuals blooming in January
Huge azalea bushes
Sooooo bright
Carolina wrens enjoying our feeder and bath
Flowers blooming
April is blueberry month
First magnolia bloom
Magnolia Flower

Silver Springs – World’s largest spring by volume

Glass bottom boat
Cormorants
Drying his wings
World’s largest freshwater spring by volume
So many movies filmed in this location due to the water clarity. This is from an old James Bond movie

Orange Lake, FL

Orange Lake, FL
Mossy trees
~6′ alligator
Coots!
Common Moorhen
Blue Heron
Turtles
Flowers are still blooming

St. Augustine, FL

St. Augustine Harbor
West Side – Bridge of Lions
Crescent Beach
Old Brick Road
Old Bricks
Egret on one of our lakes
Stunning sunsets
Surviving hurricane Nicole

Lake Okeechobee, FL

Lake Okeechobee
Yellow crowned night heron
Black Vultures
Lizards
Beautiful flowers
Osprey
Sandhill cranes
Orchids
Cows in the sunset
Snowy egret
Black cows
Cuban tree frog

Lovers Key State Park, Fort Myers Beach, FL

Baby logger head sea turtle
Manatees in the estuary
Sea Grapes everywhere – nope, have not heard how to make wine with them
Osprey
Roseate spoon bill
Estuary sunset
Iguanas everywhere!
Just plain AWE at the beauty
No wonder they call it Lovers Key
Beach sunset
Gopher tortoises
Dragon fly colors are all different
Dragonfly
Pelican riding the waves
Mangroves
Mangrove roots – capture so much “stuff”
Relaxing on the beach
Love the flowers that will pop up everywhere

Chatham, Illinois

President Lincoln’s tomb
Statues on top of the tomb
Statues on top of the tomb
Rub the nose for good luck
Beautiful!
President Lincoln’s vault
MotorHeads Bar and Grill
Horseshoe sandwich

Centerpoint, Iowa

Sunset in Iowa
More sunsets
Spectacular Vista
This park caters to kids

Ellendale, MN

First Meat vending machine in USA
Beautiful Lillies in our campground
Cute pond out our back windows
Such a peaceful view
Nest of cedar waxwings – Momma is watching over them

Nashwauk, MN

Small town, big parade
Happy 4th of July
What a great tree!
View of Wild flowers out of Homer

Paducah, KY

Birdsville, KY – Max watching the sunset
Birdsville, KY – Sunset over the Ohio river
Mantle Rock trail of tears
Mantle rock bridge
Coolest pattern created from water dripping on the rock
Beautiful little waterfalls
More waterfalls
How does this even happen?
Water is amazing when running on rock

Nashville, TN

Grand Ole Opry
Decent meal, not worth the wait
Nightime in Nashville
Nashville, TN

Biloxi, MS

Crawish – make sure you burp them first
King Cake for dessert
Max and Rocky!
Updating the flag pole
Theresa’s mask and no, I did not have to show my boobs for the beads
Dave’s mask
King Cake
Huge Crane
Crane prints in the sand
Sandpiper prints in the sand
Love the wave action in the sand
Alligator
Crocodile
Alligator snapping turtle – so glad this isn’t in McAlpine!
Pink and White Ibis
Merganser
Just plain pretty
Looks like he’s smiling at us
Rocky giving the stink eye
Max just happy to be Max
No personal space when it comes to these two
Best shrimp po’boy we’ve ever had in Biloxi, MS

St. Augustine, FL

St. Augustine, FL – Best park we have stayed at to date
Fall in Florida
The colors of fall!
A real life bird of paradise. Stunning in real life
How cool to park ON the beach
Puppies at the Atlantic Ocean
Beach morning glories
Navarre Beach, Pensacola FL
Look out for the jelly fish!
Ouch!
A real life Magnolia tree with a magnolia. Beautiful!

Meeker, CO

Turkeys all over
Free Range ??????
Sunrise is beautiful
Even the cemeteries were stunning
Colorado

Helper, UT

Utah Campsite view
Utah’s worlds tallest mining statue – Nothing compared to the one in Calumet
Utah Swell – metal figures in the middle of nowhere
Utah Swell – Dinosaur track
Utah Swell – Pictograph