Category Archives: Florida

Sugar Express

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Kings On the Road

U S Sugar in Clewiston Florida recently restored a historic steam locomotive to full operating condition. When the Florida East Coast Railway Society offered a charter excursion train pulled by No. 148 we jumped at the opportunity. FEC locomotive 148 … Continue reading →

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Payne’s Prairie Preserve State Park

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Kings On the Road

Florida has many nice state parks with good campgrounds. Payne’s Prairie is one we have been curious about for a very long time. Every trip north or south on I-75 crosses Payne’s Prairie near Gainesville. The campground is accessed from … Continue reading →

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Juniper Springs Run Kayak Trip

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Kings On the Road

One of the real joys of our new motorhome is being able to stay in the many state park and national forest campgrounds in Florida. Recently our local kayak group set its sights on the Juniper Springs Run in the … Continue reading →

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Panama City and back

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Kings On the Road

Our big western trip got off to a great start with a stay at Ochlockonee State Park near Sopchoppy Florida. Our new 25 foot rig fit in just perfectly in campsite #5. We love the state park experience. One of … Continue reading →

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Ft Pierce and Stuart Florida

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Kings On the Road

Our recent RV tip to visit friends Mark and Lyn is typical of the kinds of quick little trips we’ll make in our new smaller RV. Mark and Lyn are long time full time friends currently living on their sailboat. … Continue reading →

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Big News – We Bought A House

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Kings On the Road

After 5 full years full time RVing and 6 previous years most time RVing, we have bought a new home in the central Florida community of Inverness.  Its a huge change but we both knew when the time was right.  … Continue reading →

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Year end, Decade end 2019 Summary

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Kings On the Road

The years and now decades seem to just fly by.  Here we are at the end of another year and another decade. This year we traveled to 15 states in the US  and 1 Province in Canada.  We put 10811 … Continue reading →

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The Royal Palm Railway Experience

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Kings On the Road

We visited the newest incarnation of the Mt. Dora Florida Railway.  The new operator on these tracks is the Orlando & Northwestern Railway offering The Royal Palm Railway Experience on the Golden Triangle Route from Mt. Dora to Tavares to … Continue reading →

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Withlacoochee River Kayaking

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Kings On the Road

We recently had the opportunity to join the Sandy Oaks RV Park kayak group on a couple very nice paddles on sections of the Withlacoochee River near Dunnellon Florida.  We met the group while staying at the RV park in … Continue reading →

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Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens and Ponce Inlet Lighthouse

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Kings On the Road

Dunlawton plantation and sugar  mill was a north Florida sugar plantation destroyed by Seminole Indians at the beginning of the Second Seminole War.  Its located in what is now Port Orange Florida along the Atlantic coast.  The ruins are now … Continue reading →

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