New York City Saying our goodbyes to DC, we hit the road and found the only state park with availability for camping close enough to NYC, enter Cheesequake State Park. The weekend we chose to explore the Big Apple was Gay Pride, suffice to say the oakes with the pink dollar had booked up all the motels / hotels / B&B's / sauna's & bathhouse's so these happy travellers were forced to stay Jersey side…. NY was everything we expected it to be. Ju...

Thrilled at being alive and surviving bear country in the Smokies (and the hillbillies), we thought we'd take on a second bear infested mountain to really show them how us city slickers can handle roughing it. Enter Shenandoah National Park. Bear warning signs at every bend of the beautiful Skyline drive and claw marks on every tree on every trail: not a bear in sight! They must've smelt our Dior perfume and John Frieda hair spray a mile off (one would've t...

It seems we just can't stay away from the Auties in Largo….. we cheekily did a fly by stop to get more washing done and to plan our next leg in an air conditioned environment. We decided enough of the Gulf already - heavenly white sands with turquoise water beaches are all the same right? We are so going back to the Gulf beaches one day, they are what we have been searching for since going to the Maldives! Beach for mountain - a different type of beauty. ...

Left Ft Lauderdale on Memorial Day to head for the Keys: nothing like driving in Bank Holiday traffic! At least we were heading south, felt sorry for the poor fools heading the other way who got caught up in worse stationary traffic than the M25 / Dartford crossing…. The one lane in and one lane out road servicing the Keys stretches over 100 miles from Key Largo to Key West. At a max speed of 45 miles per hour you can understand why these island people are...

Ft Lauderdale to visit the Nugent's. What a treat to see some family again. And what an even bigger treat to do our washing and have a comfy bed! After complaining about how badly we're sleeping because of our current $3 pillows, Ron whipped out his spare feather Ralph Lauren & Calvin Klein pillows and very kindly gave them to us….so we are now camping with RL & CK feather pillows - so happy! Soon after we arrived, a friend of the Nugent's off...