by J. Dawg | Apr 19, 2015 | Southwest Roadtrip 2015, Texas
Last year, we did a brief one day stop over while passing through the Texas Hill Country. This is a pretty area about 70 miles west of Austin. In my opinion, it one of Texas’s nicest areas. Its a rural area of rolling hills, sparse trees, small towns, cattle...
by J. Dawg | Apr 19, 2015 | Louisiana, Southwest Roadtrip 2015
On our way to Texas, we spent an overnight in Breaux Bridge, just off I-10 east of Lafayette. I’ve been to Breaux Bridge a few times. It’s a nice small town near the highway with and some good places for sampling Cajun food and music. I really like the Cajun...
by J. Dawg | Apr 19, 2015 | Florida, Southwest Roadtrip 2015
After enjoying four relaxing days of beautiful ocean side setting on St. Joseph Peninsula, it was time to move on and continue our westward trek. We left the sparsely developed Forgotten Coast in our mirrors and continued on Route 98 into the heavily developed condo...
by J. Dawg | Apr 19, 2015 | Florida, Southwest Roadtrip 2015
Its a very remote place – at the far western end of Florida’s Forgotten Coast. Its a narrow spit of land that sticks out into the Gulf like a skinny fore arm. The nearest grocery store and restaurants are 20 miles away. Cell service is spotty and...
by J. Dawg | Mar 9, 2015 | Florida, Southwest Roadtrip 2015
Florida seems to be loaded with “coasts”. There’s the First Coast near Jacksonville, the Space Coast near Titusville, the Treasure Coast near Stuart, The Sun Coast near Fort Myers, the Gold Coast near Miami, and the Emerald Coast (aka the...
by J. Dawg | Mar 1, 2015 | Southwest Roadtrip 2015
We’re about to start the roadtrip part of our winter sojourn. One of the things I like about spending the winter in Florida is that it’s an easy launching point for a spring trip to the south west. The RV is already outfitted and ready to roll from our...