Big Pine Key to Bend OR 2021
Three weeks traveling to Bend OR. Met with Todd & Bobbie Lu for parts of the trip. Sad to leave Christi, Sawyer, and Sydney. Happy to see Scott, Drea, Fhinley and Rhyse. Life is good.
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Day 2 Itinerary
Places visited: Highlands Hammock State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park
We rented bikes. Should go back and walk some of the trails.
Day 3 Itinerary
Places visited: Highlands Hammock State Park - Hillsborough River State Park
Highlands Hammock State Park
Great place to bike and hike.
Hillsborough River State Park
Met up with Turners. Eric and Wendy came for dinner. Spot #33 is a great spot for kayaks.
Day 4 Itinerary
Places visited: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Get express pass for rides and maybe one meal pass for two people. 25 minutes from Hillsborough River State Park.
Day 6 Itinerary
Places visited: DeSoto Caverns - Rickwood Caverns State Park
DeSoto Caverns
Great cave. One big cave with a great laser show.
Rickwood Caverns State Park
Spot #1. End spot. Has a big pool. Caves $14.00. Met Terry and Pat (girls). They had a Unity.
Day 7 Itinerary
Places visited: Rickwood Caverns State Park
Rickwood Caverns State Park
Cave tour $14. 1.3 miles. 396 stairs. Awesome cave walk. Good guide and only two others join us.
Day 8 Itinerary
Places visited: Graceland
Graceland
Graceland rv park could be updated but park looks good. Did a geocache with Scott and kids. Here for 2 nights. Turners will join us tomorrow.
Day 9 Itinerary
Places visited: Graceland - Beale Street Entertainment District
Graceland
Beale Street Entertainment District
Graceland was great. Good tour. Memphis, Beale St. is a pit.
Day 10 Itinerary
Places visited: Memphis-Arkansas Bridge - Bull Shoals White River State Park - Bull Shoals Dam - Gaston's Ozark Nature Trail & Wildlife Refuge
Memphis-Arkansas Bridge
Had problems with Mercedes cruise control.
Bull Shoals White River State Park
Beautiful campground. Big spaces. Would be great to get waterfront spots.
Bull Shoals Dam
Rented a boat for a day with Turners. $178. So many eating fish on the surface. Only caught 3. Could have used different flies. So much fun. Weather was great.
Gaston's Ozark Nature Trail & Wildlife Refuge
This was amazing to see white peacocks. Watched a plane take off from the grass.
Day 11 Itinerary
Places visited: Fantastic Caverns
Fantastic Caverns
Stayed here one night. Our first harvest host stay. So nice. Park away from the speakers. They stay on 24/7. Took a tour of the cave. It was just the 4 of us. Nice!!
Left and went tp Bass Pro. Wonders of the world. See part 2 of this trip. Last day with Turners.