From then until now

After completing our northwest biking experience in October 2019 we were able to spend a beautiful fall in Ohio before heading to Fort Leonard Wood to spend Christmas with Erik and his family. April was with us too.

Then it was off to Florida for the winter. We spent January and February 2019 at West Jupiter RV. We did many miles of biking from the RV Park. Walking the beach is one of our favorite activities and we did plenty of that. Best of all we spent lots of time with our grandson Landen.

Along one of our favorite rides in Cypress Park.

Wild turkey in River Bend Park. We rode here many times and even did a full moon ride. The night sounds and darkness made it a very different experience.

March means Strawberry Festival time so we headed for Plant City area. We camped at Colt Creek State Park for a few days. Had a wonderful visit with the Millers and fun times at the Strawberry Festival. Highlight was the Martina McBride concert.

Amazing the way they plant and harvest the strawberries. I love getting pictures of the flag.

Cookout at Colt Creek in cool March weather.

While staying at Colt Creek we road a couple nice trails that were only a short drive from the park – General James A Van Fleet and Withlacoochee State Trail.

After our stay at Colt Creek we had reservations at Highland Hammock State Park. The ranger who checked us in spent many summers in Ashtabula. Her grandfather was commodore at the yacht club.

While here we enjoyed some biking, hiking, a very informative tram tour and the Civilian Conservation Corp Museum. An excellent history lesson dealing with the depression era.

Then it was off to Ortona South Lock a Corp of Engineers campground. We loved it here. We could walk across the dam and watch boats going thru the lock. There were river otters playing in the stream. Great place for walking, relaxing and biking.

Cattle grazing beside campground. I enjoyed hearing them in the morning. Biggest bull I’ve ever seen!

Ortona Tavern was literally the only place in town. Nice place to stop for a beer while out biking.

Waiting for locks to close so we can cross for our bike ride.

Boats in lock at Ortona. Yacht on right was getting a tow. He had hit a rock in the river.

We took a trip to Shark Valley in the Everglades while staying at Ortona. We biked the Shark Valley Loop.

This guy was across the trail!! We saw way too many gators.

This turtle was nesting alongside the trail. We saw him from the tram tour on the loop.

Love to see Blue Heron, my favorite water bird. We saw many feeding along Shark Valley Loop.

Our next stopping place was W.P. Franklin Lock, also a Corp of Engineers campground. From here we took a second trip to the Everglades for a boat tour in the Thousand Islands area near Everglades City.

Camillia Street Grill a great lunch stop after our Everglades tour.

Our first taste of Stone Crab in Everglades City.

We took the Eco River Tour sunset cruise. We were back at the dock before the storm rolled in.

We were right on the water at W.P. Franklin. I enjoyed seeing a little blue heron feeding in the morning.

Visited my cousin Linda and her husband Jim on Pine Island. Wonderful boat cruise. Jim at the helm.

It was back to the east coast of Florida for a couple weeks in April and then back to Ohio. We had an extra traveler with us on our return.

Landen enjoying breakfast in the motorhome on the trip to Ohio.

We had a good spring and part of summer at home. Landen made life there a whole new experience. We had a good time catching up with family and friends.