One for the Road

I’m so glad I got to the Florida panhandle when I did—just four months before Hurricane Michael would devastate the coastal towns and beaches I enjoyed so much. I split my week on the panhandle between two locations: the Apalachicola area and the Pensacola area. First stop was a waterfront site at Presnell’s Bayside Marina & RV Resort in Port St. Joe. From this location I was able to visit some beautiful state park beaches and several lighthouses. My waterfront…

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All my life, I’ve heard about the plague of Love Bugs from New Jersey snowbirds who head to Florida in the Fall and return in the Spring. I never knew what they were since I hadn’t experienced them on the east coast of the state. I got a “crash” course in them while driving up the west coast in May. They’re called Love Bugs because after mating, the male stays connected to the female to ensure no other male can…

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