Homestead
Travel Blogs from Homestead, United States
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Later, Alligator!
Everglades International hostel is an urban oasis just minutes from the US 1 highway but it felt like you were miles away from anything. Tropical gardens with all sorts of trees, plants and herbs, a natural pool with a waterfall, hammocks, ...
my travels
Got an Article 15 for smoking dope on the base. Got my 1st Accommodation Award. 2nd overseas assignment to Spangdahlem AB, Germany. 1st wife ran off and left me with the 2 kids. ...
Shopping!
We made a brief stop at the Florida Keys Outlet Center. Mom and I picked out some new clothes while Dad and Andre chilled in the car. We never have time to go shopping at home so this was the perfect time to do it. We then decided to ...
The Everglades Experience
... of this opportunity in the third picture. After leaving the alligator farm, we drove around the area and checked out Homestead/Miami Speedway, (Pictures 4 & 5)which was getting ready for the Indy Race there that weekend (yes, believe it or not, we ...
Packing up the bike and other prep work..
Busy, busy, busy... It's always sort of stressful getting everything ready for a trip like this. I've been putting misc stuff into a box in the garage for the last week or so.. Anything I think I might need I toss in the box and then sort it out as to ...
The end of the road....
June 20....This should be the grand finale!! I'm typing this message on my own computer at home.. I arrived here about 4:30 today.. To bring you up to date on the travel it goes like this.. Left Natchez around 2 PM after visiting several old homes ...
Final thoughts..
We've been home nearly a week now and it's time to wrap this up.. I've been trying to find a website where I could just post the photos we took and you could look at them or pass. There are lots of them and if you run a dial up ISP rather than DSL or ...
Biscayne National Park and Key Largo
... 2-hour stop and start trip. We had no idea where we would end up, and once on the road there was no where to go except turn around and go back to Key Largo and start again later. Finally back in Homestead, we decided to go to Cracker Barrel for ...
Home is nice
... could have recorded some of the conversations and many of the friendly happenings that came my way. The first thing I learned going from Homestead to Orlando was the tops of your hands get very sunburned when held in the sun for hours at a time. ...
Home again
We took a bus from Siena to Rome and I wish we would have checked out the buses early on in our trip because we both thought they were easier to use. Also you don't have to drag your luggage up and down the stairs on the trains. It was a three hour ...
Getting the bike ready...
I have about two weeks before heading out of here and already I've hit a nasty snag!! I took my V Star in to a dealer to have new tires and a tune up and they told me the rear wheel spokes were bad ... Never heard of such a thing but in looking at the ...
Not many days left...
... save my life. In corresponding with the Chinese man who owns the firm, we have discussed me selling the product here in the States.. I'm going to try to do a little work towards that end. Feel free to email me through this site should you have any ...
Skydiving over Homestead
... in the 90's these last few days. On approach to the airport I saw two hot air baloons making their decent into the Homestead farm fields. I arrived at Skydive Miami at 8am, and was suprised to find nobody there. "Uh oh" was what came to mind, but ...
The Last Leg
... it didn't last more than five or ten miles so it wasn't that bad. I have to say it was good to the see new homestead in old Homestead and I was anxious to check out the house to be sure all was well and it was. Final tally on the bike was 8,701 ...
Everglades National Park
... shed and it has been working ever since. On the way out, I stopped in at a great local fruit stand in Homestead called "Robert is here". Apparently it's been a local fixture since the 60's. They had all kinds of tropical ...
Gliding in Homestead
... the www brought me to Miami Gliders (aka Unusual Attitudes) (www.miamigliders.com). They operate out of the Homestead General Aviation Airport (http://www.miami-airport.com/html/homestead_general_.html), which is located at 28790 SW 217th ...
Nine Mile Pond, Everglades National Park
The Safari Chick paddled Nine Mile Pond in Everglades National Park with her special paddling partner. Monday, Jan. 2 was a beautiful day in the Everglades -- sunny, blue sky with cumulus clouds, temperature between 79 and 83 degrees -- and the breeze ...
Everglades
Tja! Idag är det torsdag och vi bestämdes oss att vi skulle dra till Everglades träskmark och kolla på ormar å alligatorer å sånt... En timmas åktur i Dodgen så va vi framme... Först kollade vi på en orm-show där finalen va en stor ...
everglades/homestead
... dort am liebsten noch laenger geblieben waere. Der enge Zeitplan zwingt mich jedoch wieder Richtung Norden. Zwischenstop ist homestead direkt vor den everglades. Bin dort in einen typischen amerikanischen Motel uebernacht geblieben und habe meine Nachbarn ...
Jim & June's Odyssey 091221 - Homestead, FL
... a hurricane/tsunami evacuation route. To prevent critters from digging underneath, the fence line has gravel buried along it. HOMESTEAD – Located just south of Miami, it’s in the middle of a large farming community growing avocados, ...
Wind, rain & lightening
... actually stopped. Then it started again, but not so hard. We stopped for dinner in a rest area and then continued you on to Homestead, just before the Keys. It was getting later and now it was beginning to thunder and lightening. We made it, only to find ...
Home is soooo good...
From Lafayette we drove to Lake City, Fl and spent the night then got up early to be sure we got back home before dark.. Not much to report except it's always good to get home again.. I'll do some final thoughts in a few days after I settle ...
Back to the real world... Fianl thoughts..
... to get to the poison and we had sealed all other food in containers so he couldn't get to it.. I hope he didn't start in Homestead with us and return, can't you just hear him saying to his mom, "You're not going to believe where I've been!!" ...
Countdown
One week countdown. I'm setting up this blog so that y'all can keep up with my travels, without me having to send out 30 emails. I hope I can figure out how to get it to ...
Coral Castle: Homage to Love or Egyptian Magic
Today my husband and I took a drive down to Homestead, Florida. Home of the magnificent and mysterious Coral Castle. The history of this awesome tourist attraction is sad, yet wonderful, because without this story of lost love we would not have this ...
Castellow Hammock Park and Green Cay Park
The morning visit to Castellow Hammock Park was great for the smaller birds including the outrageously coloured painted bunting - although we only saw the dull green female version of these which was a bit of a disappointment. We then moved on to Green ...
About to Leave!
Ok everyone, I am about to leave for China! My first stop will be in Los Angeles where my mom and I will stay overnight. Then we will leave for Shanghai the next day. Did you know I was born in California? I was born in Chula Vista, California. How ...
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