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Everglades to Key West

We awoke in Murder Bottom, aka The Everglades, and hurried down to Key Largo. We always look forward to cruising on the “Highway that Goes to Sea”, the 113-mile stretch of the US Route 1 that connects the Keys with … Continue reading

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Pensacola to the Everglades

In the darkness of last night, we had missed the Gulf Islands National Seashore, which is still available to civilian visitors (minus closures for wildlife protection, restricted access around facilities and docks, and occasional closures for management). Fort Barrancas and … Continue reading

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Port Arthur to Pensacola

Another early morning, though the sun is already up, we’ve got two of the longest bridges (Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and Atchafalaya Basin Bridge) in the US to cross, with another twenty miles of other elevated roadways over swamps, bayous, and … Continue reading

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Fort Stockton to Port Arthur

We stayed at a semi-nice hotel, but didn’t take the time to enjoy their namesake, an indoor pool area with plants, an atrium with a hot tub. It felt weird being back in Texas after four years; the last time … Continue reading

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Chiricahua to Fort Stockton

We awoke at Bonita Canyon Campground and started the morning with the sun on the Massai Point Nature Trail. Many of the rhyolite hoodoos are still in the shade, but the formations these silica-rich extrusive igneous rocks create are mesmerizing. … Continue reading

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