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Staycation

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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of staycation is “a vacation spent at home or nearby.”

There are so many fun things to see and do near where we live that we decided to stay home this summer instead of wandering in the RV. Here are just a few things we’ve enjoyed so far this summer.

Going for a boat ride
Going for a boat ride
Georgia Salt Marsh
Georgia Salt Marsh
Uninhabited Georgia Barrier Island
Uninhabited Georgia Barrier Island
Exploring a deserted sandbar
Exploring a deserted sandbar
Egret Preening
Red-bellied Woodpecker on Palm Tree
Ruby Throated Hummingbird Taking a Drink

Remembering our 2013 Travels

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Happy New Year!! 2013 was a great year for wandering!

This year we checked off one of the biggest items on our bucket list: from May to September we made the trip of a lifetime to Alaska and back in our RV. In the fall we visited a beautiful COE park in West Point, Georgia. I’ve already posted about those trips in previous posts on this blog so here are a few photos from our January 2013 journey to south Georgia and North Florida.

We started 2013 with a short trip to three different parks. The first was Little Ocmulgee State Park in Helena, Georgia.

Little Ocmulgee Lake, January, 2013
View out back window Little OcmulgeeState Park, Georgia
Cypress Swamp on the Short Loop Trail at Little Ocmulgee State Park, January, 2013

Our main destination was a week in the United States Forest Service campground in Salt Springs, Florida.

Egret at Salt Springs, January, 2013
Fish jumping at Salt Springs, January, 2013
From the boat ride through Salt Springs Run, January, 2013
A great place to beach the boat at the end of Salt Springs Run, January, 2013
Sunset at Salt Springs, January, 2013

Our final stop was at one of our favorite parks, Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida.

The Carillon at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center, January, 2013
Way down upon the Suwanee River at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center, January, 2103

So where do think we will be off to in 2014? Stay tuned for more.