sight-seeing

We wanted to avoid the most popular area of Miami on a weekend. Especially the weekend that kicked off Spring Break down here. But the weather guy told us that Saturday was going to be our only beautiful day during our stay. So to South Beach we go. On a Saturday. Of Spring Break. Yikes.

As soon as we woke up, we packed the kids into the car and took off for South Beach. We were hoping most of the Spring Breakers would still be in bed, hungover, by the time we got to the beach. And we were right. Still hungover because traffic wasn’t too bad. We grabbed some breakfast and we listened to Ava beg for “hamburger ice cream”… which she was doing since she woke up. Hamburger ice cream, you say? We had no idea either. It took us a few minutes to realize that she meant ice cream sandwiches. Dan and I were so proud of unlocking the Ava mystery. But not as proud as the time we unlocked the mysterious “elevator ABCs” (a.k.a. a calculator). Hehe.

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Today is the day for us to move on to the next spot. And we are ready. Aside from the poor phone reception we have here, we are getting eaten alive here by the mosquitoes. Ava even got one right on her face.

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We checked into Collier-Seminole State Park yesterday without really looking into what was available. We knew pretty much about what to expect since it was a state park. We have been traveling almost every day since we got to Florida, we needed to settle down somewhere to catch our breath a bit so we registered for 3 nights.

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We drove to Fort Myers last night to a Walmart and once again were surprised by a no overnight parking sign at our preferred location. Fortunately the second option was ok and we stayed there next to a couple of other RVs for the night.

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Today we checked out of our oceanfront campsite at Fort De Soto County Park and had no where to go. We haven’t had an itinerary while in Florida. We just take it day by day. Looking at maps. Looking at recommendations. Looking at Ava for answers.

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We all forgot that today was St. Patrick’s Day. I blame all of my friends on Facebook. No one had any green status updates in the morning! But in all fairness they were all still sleeping soundly while we were getting dressed for a mini travel day. Ummm, I did make a green blanket fort for Ava in the morning. That should could for something, right?

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I am seriously trying to keep our laundry down to a minimum. I was doing so well… until Mila started eating solids… and Ava insisted on feeding her. Hey Airstream, do you have a washer and dryer option?

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