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Papayas, Azaleas, Manatees and a Rattlesnake February 2020
A month in Florida in winter 2020 is always very welcome. As in November we had to spend some time sorting things out in the house, but have now found some wonderful new property managers who have fixed a host … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Island, avocado tree, azaleas, Blue Spring State Park, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Fernandina Beach, Florida, Florida Breeze Villa, Fort Clinch State Park, gopher tortoise, Haines City, hibiscus, Honeymoon Island State Park, horned owl, manatees, Ocala National Forest, olive tree, Osprey Trail, papayas, rattlesnake, Ravine Gardens State Park, St Augustine, St Johns River, storm, turkey buzzard
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Three Little Trips in Florida Autumn 2018
We spent six weeks at our Florida house in autumn 2018. It was wonderfully warm, over 80F most days, and we ate almost every meal outside by the pool. It was even warm enough to sit out in the rain … Continue reading
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Tagged airplane writing, Atsena Otie Key, bass, Camp Mack Fishing Camp, Cedar Key, Cedar Key National Wildlife Refuge, Christmas inflateables, cormorants, fishing competition, Florida, Grassy Key, great white pelicans, Hobe Mountain Observation Tower, Jonathan Dickenson State Park, Jupiter, Jupiter Island, Jupiter Lighthouse, Kissimmee State Park, Lake Kissimmee, Loxahatchee River, Manatee Springs State Park, Rainbos Springs State Park, Seahorse Key, Suwannee River, Trapper Nelson, vultures, Yeehaw Junction
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Practicalities for Pensionable RTW Trippers
Why these places? We had long wanted to see the Great Barrier Reef and to travel the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley in north-west Australia. A train trip across the Nullarbor Plain might be an idea too if we … Continue reading
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Tagged American Samoa, Australia, baggage, Bluey Travel, cameras, car rentals, cruise excursions, devalued pound, flight bookings, Florida, foreign currency transactions, hotel bookings, Ideapad 100S, Indian Pacific, Kauai, P&O Australia, Pacific Eden, Polynesian Airlines, restaurants, Samoa, train bookings, travel insurance, travel money matters
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