After our quick stay in Santa Fe, NM, we headed north into Colorado to spend a few days checking out Great Sand Dunes National Park in Alamosa. We spent 4 nights at Base Camp Family Campground in Alamosa which was about 20-25 minutes to the Sand Dunes park entrance. Great Sand Dunes National Park I …
National Parks
The third and final national park we visited while on our return trip from South Dakota to Florida was the Grand Canyon National Park. It has certainly been a bucket list destination for us and since we were so close coming from Zion National Park, we decided it was a must. Since campgrounds inside the …
After we spent a week in Bryce Canyon National Park, we headed to Zion National Park. We wanted to stay close to the park but quickly found it booked up. We ended up finding a great RV resort in Virgin, Utah, 15 minutes from Springdale and the entrance to Zion. We stayed a week at …
After we wrapped up our 2025 summer work camp season in the Black Hills, South Dakota, it was early October. We planned to head East back to Florida for the winter, but first wanted to explore a few parks out west. When we left the Black Hills, we first headed west across Wyoming and then …
The last time we visited Cumberland Island, was last summer when we were on our way north to the Chesapeake Bay. Randy and I fell in love with the island, the wildlife, and its remoteness and couldn’t wait to visit again. As we headed south recently from Brunswick, GA, we were able to experience Cumberland …
For anyone not following us on social media, we recently posted that my article, “Tortugas Bound!,” has been published in the March 2018 issue of PassageMaker Magazine! It’s so exciting to see my article and photographs in print! This was such an amazing opportunity to share our experiences cruising the the Dry Tortugas with the readers of …
June 11-17, 2017 June 11, Dry Tortugas to Marquesa Keys – a bumpy ride + a stow away! It was finally time to leave the Dry Tortugas and our plan was to head to the Marquesa Keys to anchor for the night before heading into Key West. The weather forecast called for 2-4ft seas which may not sound …
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 8-10, 2017 Thursday – Weather forecast is looking better After 4 days of cloudy skies, high winds, and rough seas, we finally had a decent day forecasted. Although Thursday morning called for SW winds near 20 knots and seas at 5-7ft it was to calm down throughout the day and into Friday. We had …
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 6-7, 2017 While our hometown of Fort Myers was getting hammered with unusually large amounts of rain, we too were facing the same conditions in the Dry Tortugas. Since there is no wifi or cell service in the Dry Tortugas, it’s difficult to predict the weather. To get the forecast there, …
Monday, June 5, 2017 Sukha and crew departed on Monday morning to head back to Key West, while our weather forecast continued to look grim. It was a cloudy, gloomy morning with SSE winds at 15kt and 2ft seas. We decided that this would be the best day to try to get in some diving since …
Sunday, June 4, 2017 On our second day in the Dry Tortugas, the weather still wasn’t cooperating with high winds and seas that makes for poor diving conditions. With the winds coming out of the southeast, we decided to try snorkeling Little Africa since it is on the northwest side of Loggerhead Key and would possibly be …
Friday – Saturday, June 2-3, 2017 Once we got our generator fixed, we were ready for the Dry Tortugas. We had been watching the weather and it was forecasted to be a bit on the lumpy side (15-20mph winds and 3′ to 5′ seas) for our departure so we decided to head to the Marquesa …