What Broke: The rough Louisiana roads did, however, shatter our glass shower doors. All in all, the cats are now doing just great!) We also added new tires later on in the year that have drastically improved travel days. (But, don’t worry, I can now confirm after driving in many other states that Louisiana roads are just AWFUL. The cats were miserable, which made me really nervous that we signed them up for a cruddy life. Getting from Florida to New Orleans was a BUMPY ride. 2/2 – 2/12: Bayou Segnette State Park, LA While in town, we had a lucky BINGO night where Barrett won ALL but one round! We also got some mountain biking in on the Paisley Woods Mountain Bike Trail and hiked a few trails in the Ocala National Forest, including the Salt Springs Observation Trail and The Yearling Trail.Īt the end of our stay, we knew we might not be making it back to Florida for a while, so we decided to splurge and take a day trip down to Universal Studios!Īnd then lastly, before leaving Florida, we met up with my parents for one last day trip in the nearby quaint small town of Mt. While in Crystal River, we saw Ocala National Forest was nearby, and with a local Thousand Trails park, so we decided that was where we would explore next. On our RV life journey, one of our main goals has always been to explore as many lake towns and green spaces as we could. Notable Food Mention: The Biscuit Barn 1/18 – 2/1: Southern Palms – Eustis, FL We also had a fantastic bike ride where we saw the cutest river otter skipping along in puddles. We hiked all of the Crystal River Preserve State Park trails (and ranked them). We deemed this our first official RV life adventure, and off we went!We loved it here! The area was beautiful. While in Florida, my Aunt and her boyfriend had told me that Crystal River was the place to go swimming with manatees. Gone was the comfort of having Mom and Dad nearby. This was the first destination we felt we had officially spread our wings. 1/3 – 1/18: Crystal Isles – Crystal River, FL That was pretty awesome since they were both avid travelers who always inspired me to get out and explore. And we got to do it all in Florida, escaping the winter blues.Īlso, while there, both of my Grandmas (who have since passed) had the opportunity to check out the RV. We had a lot of help with a bunch of little projects we needed to take care of in the RV before we officially took off on the road. We spent that time switching between a Thousand Trails park, a few state parks, and a local Mason’s campground while we waited for our Thousand Trails membership to become activated.īeing near family proved great for starting off and getting our bearings. We started off RV life, having already been very close to my parent’s house in Florida since November 17th. Actually… I started 2019 out that way, Barrett started it off by feeling sick, walking away and being found hours later laying upright in a parking spot. We kicked off 2019 by celebrating with family in Naples, FL. On January 1st of 2019, we were still pretty fresh to RV life, only 51 days in. If you want to see how it all began, that’s the post to check out first! – : Winter Quarters – Bradenton, FL I ended up detailing our introduction to RV life pretty well in this blog post. – : The Start Of It All – Pittsburgh, PA to Bradenton, FL – : Petaluma, CA / Flight to Baltimore, MD.11/20 – 11/30: Mount Hood – White Salmon/Hood River, OR.9/28 – 10/22: Seattle, WA / Flight to Los Angeles, CA / Olympic National Park, WA.9/4 – 9/9: West Glacier National Park, MT.8/28 – 9/4: West Glacier National Park, MT.8/21 – 8/28: East Glacier National Park.8/12 – 8/18: Interior, SD – Badlands National Park & Black Hills, SD.7/20 – 7/29: Pictured Rocks – Munising, MI.7/14 – 7/20: Tahquamenon Falls State Park, MI.5/28 – 5/30: Cedar Point – Sandusky, OH.5/7 – 5/15: New River Gorge Area – Fayetteville, WV.
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