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A travel blog entry by larryg59

... for high winds, thunderstorms, and tornado's along the Mississippi, Alabama, and the pan handle of Florida......we got the high winds (pain in the butt driving today) but use to it, but no thunderstorms and tornado's. So we stopped at the Florida welcome center and took a small nap and then continued our trip, we were going to stop before we got to gainesville, but it was not to far from were we were going to stop, ...

Proud New Member of the Gator Nation

A travel blog entry by schipper

This is a top pick!

... I must be trying to set a record for highest credit card debt, I once again booked a ticket to America and made the trip to Gainesville over my Spring Break. I landed in Myrtle Beach and stayed with some friends, and then made my way down to the University of Florida campus and stayed in Gainesville for a number of days.

There is not an adjective that I know of that can truly express how impressed I was with the campus. It has that ...

J. T. returns and a visit to Marjorie's grave

A travel blog entry by orlandoanne

"My father told me, 'If any man calls you a liar and you don't knock hell out of him, I'll kick your behind even if I am a hundred years old and you're seventy-five.' Faced with that predicament, I am careful about what I say or write. Even as children all of us that grew up at the Creek learned to be cautious of what we said around outsiders." ...

Paynes Prairie State Park---Wild Florida

A travel blog entry by orlandoanne

... Marjorie,
Got history of Micanopy,
Heard stories from the great J.T.,
Viewed Wild Florida at Paynes Prairie,
But doggone it! St. Augustine
Doesn't rhyme with any!"

That evening we had a special farewell dinner---fried shrimp, salmon, baked potato, cole slaw and hush puppies. Yum! And Great Wall of Chocolate Cake for dessert---excellent! After dinner, it was game night. Some folks opted ...

St. Augustine, the Oldest City

A travel blog entry by orlandoanne

"Helping others is like helping yourself."
-Henry Morrison Flagler

Our road scholar program is now about half done. We were on the road a bit earlier to St. Augustine, this time. First stop: The Oldest House. Our docent was quite good but we had "been there, done that" so this tour was not going to be a highlight of the day.

Next we went to the Lightner Museum, another place John ...