We were back in the St. Augustine area for the month of October. Doesn’t seem like a full year has already gone by since we were last here. Last year, we were focused on getting our residency set up, our driver’s licenses, car registrations, setting up healthcare, etc., all those things you do when you
Florida in the Fall is absolutely Fabulous! Read More »
Lake Okeechobee means “big water” in the Seminole Indian language. It has a surface area of 730 square miles with an average depth of 9 feet. Dave refers to it as a larger version of Red Lake in Mn., just as a reference for us northerners. If you are a fisher person, there are multiple
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Why would you want to do this? Dave and I are about 18 months into our fulltime adventure and while going back to Minnesota in the summer and working on the cabin is fun, we wanted a way to give back and still experience areas we couldn’t normally see, for more than just those few
Resident Volunteering – What’s that all about? Read More »
It’s still hurricane season in Southwest Florida and for us, this is a first, ever. Ian is headed our way. Almost directly into the park we have been staying/working at for the last month. Being from Minnesota, we know how to deal with tornados, sleet, snow, ice storms and even blizzards. Understanding a 10′ surge
It’s all part of the adventure? Read More »
After a few months of Minnesota weather, where it only got to be 80 degrees 3 times over our 3 months stay, arriving in SW Florida in August, was a real environment shocker. To say we are sweating our a**es off, is probably the understatement of the year, for us. For instance, it was cool
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