I totally agree, ice cream would have made them so much better.

Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

It was the scariest placed we kayaked for sure. If have found if you don’t bother the alligators they want bother you. Thanks for watching.

Most of the time we like to keep it simple but then again we like to try different things too. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

So glad you were able to enjoy this park too.

@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle yes it was beautiful. I hear my friend saw you at Publix. It’s like a “celebrity “ kind of thing hehe

We loved the kayak scenery too, you are correct you can’t see that just anywhere. Thanks for watching.

Sounds like prefect weather. So sorry you got sun burned, I hate the peeling process.

Campfire dogs are the best. Thanks for watching.

That’s where were planning to be before we had the accident. I hope you’re having a great time.

We so loved meeting you both and getting to know you a little better. We were both very impressed with your setup. Safe travels and enjoy the rest of your trip.

Kayaking with alligators always makes me uneasy, it’s not something I will ever get use to either. I had to look up what mountain pies were, we are going to have to try that and strawberries with marshmallow s hounds really good too. Thanks for sharing.

It is scary when you row up on and alligator but for the most part I’m on the look out and stay as far as I can from them, Owen is a lot braver than me, he always wants a picture. Thanks for the smile imagining a speeded-up Gilligan.

@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle The three of you always bring a smile to us! I booked our camping spots at Tomoka and Anastasia State Parks using your suggestions and advice. Thank you!

I agree ice cream would have been really good on the apples. I’m with you on the mustard. Glad to hear it’s warming up for you. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks.

We have really enjoyed this Florida trip for sure... no matter how many times we come to Florida it’s always different. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Yes it is, you just have to make sure you appreciate the little things.

75 is prefect and sounds warm for TN this time of year. Glad you are having nice weather.

It’s always fun outfitting your RV. I hope you have many fun and exciting adventures in your new RV. Thanks for watching.

Hope you were able to do your Happy Dance... Thanks for watching.

We are very happy and very blessed.

Thank you, we appreciate you watching.

Wow, we didn’t experience the air boat noise. We visited the Cow Camp the last time we were there and meet a really nice young cowboy that loved his job. We were both pretty nervous about kayaking down the canal, I was very thankful I didn’t see any alligators. Owen saw one and that’s when we decided to head back. Thanks for sharing.

Sounds like a great place to be... a breeze and sunshine. Have fun!

Thanks, we appreciate you watching.

You are welcome. Thanks so much for watching.

What a nice thing to say, it is much appreciated.

Hot Springs sounds nice. I hope you are having a great time winter camping.

78 is prefect weather. Thanks for sharing.

Yes we know Maggie is the star... she’s just too darn cute. Boogery means scary kind of comes from the boogeyman, I can’t find the definition either so I guess we might have made it up. Thanks for sharing your comment.

You are so welcome and thank you for watching and commenting. Stay safe.

Sounds nice in Silver Springs, I hope you had a great time. Safe travels.

The bikes have been the best addition we’ve made to our travels. Maggie is really appreciative and shows us lots of love, we are very blessed. Thanks so much for sharing your comment.

You are welcome and thank you for watching.

It was a very beautiful place but I might not enjoyed it as much as I should have because I was so concerned about the alligators. We are really enjoying this Florida trip.

Glad you are out exploring your back yard... it’s so beautiful. We are at Jonathon Dickinson for a couple of days then off to Sebastian Inlet before we head home. I’m a mustard person too, I don’t know what Owen was thinking. Have fun at Salt Springs. I hope we can see you some time soon.

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Have fun on your trip next month.

The Kayak was pretty scary and that’s why we cut it short. Always watching for gators. Cheers to you!

Thank you so much for sharing your comment. It sounds like you have a lot of wonderful memories. I totally agree that the best thing you can hear from your grandchildren “is they enjoy spending time with you”. We camped a lot with our oldest granddaughter and she always talks about all the different places she got to go with us. We appreciate you following our journey.

Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m with you on the putting ketchup on a hot dog, but Owen likes it that way. See you Sunday.

That happy dance is pretty funny for sure. Glad it makes you chuckle.

I totally agree with you on simplicity, it gives you more time to enjoy other things. Thanks so much for watching.

Thanks so much, we appreciate you watching.

I so agree on simple foods, it’s important when you are traveling. Thanks so much for watching.

You are correct we all had fun.

Thank you, it was really tasty and would have been better with ice cream.

We totally agree with your weather analysis. Thanks so much for sharing your comment.

We stayed at Oscar Scherer on this trip, we could only get one night and wished we could have stayed a lot longer. It’s still an awesome place. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

We love that area too. We spent winters in St Petersburg for 6 years. The sand at Clearwater beach is the prettiest I’ve ever seen.

I agree visiting Florida SP’s are a great way to experience Florida. I love having the trailer and all the things we are able to bring with us, but it does cut down on the places we can go and boondock. Every trip is different and what we need is different so I’m sure we want take it every time. Thanks so much following our journey.

Sometimes Owen gets ahead of himself when he does his Happy Dance, I think it’s the anticipation of something he knows he really likes. We appreciate you watching and commenting.

We really love the kayaks because we both love being on the water. But it means we have to take the trailer which is not alway ideal. You can always rent them. Thanks for watching.

Maggie is a great traveling dog she has fun no matter where she is. Stay warm in NJ.

We feel very blessed that we are able to live our dream and share it with others. Thanks so much for your kind words.

Thank you for your kind words. That kayak trip was very scary for me and I did not enjoy having to continually be on the look out for alligators, we did not stay in the water very long. Sounds cold where you are hope you are staying warm.

Thank you and we appreciate you watching and commenting.

We heard about your cold spell, sounds like it was a bad one. I hope you weathered well through the storm.

Good luck booking all your spots for 2022. It is a great place to come for the winter. Stay safe and warm.

@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle this is the first time in 8 years that we haven’t spent the winter in Florida, next year we will be ready to go.

I hate we missed you, hopefully one day our paths will cross.

Thank you so much and we appreciate you watching.

We are actually back home so we can get the van fixed. Keep in touch and let us know where you are at. Have fun and safe travels.

It sounds like you have prefect winter weather, we may need to head your direction next winter. Yes, the campgrounds are full... but we have been able to book up to three nights at the last minute but you have to keep looking for cancellations. We appreciate you watching.

You are probably right, we had never had one bother us. Thanks for all the great advice.

Glad you enjoyed the video, we appreciate you following along.

So sorry. I (Owen) really have a part of my heart that wants to live near the coast. But Lynn puts her foot down about a lot of things and having a hurricane blow right at her house scares her to death. So… Can’t imagine what you’re going through. Last several years have been storm after storm. Good luck… and you stay safe.

We do need to try running the AC at night to see how well the batteries work, just so we know, but it’s hard to do when you don’t really need it. I think it’s doable too. Thanks for watching.

Hope you enjoyed your kayak time... if one of my favorite things to do.

We don’t really worry about getting lost on the water, we both are very aware of the routes we take and being able to make it back, so far we’ve never gotten lost. We are loving being able to leave the AC on for Maggie, we are still testing out how long the batteries will last so we don’t leave her for very long. There were a lot of armadillo’s at this place it drove Maggie crazy. Thanks for following along, it is so appreciated.

I do think slaw on a dog is a southern thing, but it’s the best. Thanks for the comment.

Good to know, thanks for sharing.

Boogery just means scary... I guess we might have made up that word it comes from the boogeyman.

Thanks so much for sharing. I’m not sure I will ever be able to relax when there are gators around.

Sounds like you are having great weather. Have fun out there.

We were in site 28. It’s a great park with many things we love to do. Thanks for watching.

That is awesome! No...don’t remember and it’s probably too late now for me to find it... yours is probably seasoned well by now. The steps are heat it up, coat it with oil, turn it off and let it cool. Repeat that 4-5 times and all is good. Congrats!!!!! Show us some of your meals and your happy dance! ❤️

The bag on the ladder is a Trasharoo that we’ve had for several years. We will try to show it in an upcoming video and what we store in it. It actually holds a lot. There is one on our Amazon store page in the “Outside Area” if you are interested. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yes, you could move the trailer if it had a tongue wheel. O course the ease would depend on how loaded it was. Stay warm in Wisconsin.

We did not... as we did not know we would go that far into the park, but we should have carried something with us. Thanks for the reminder.

That is a great idea... Thanks for sharing.

It’s funny how different parts of the country have different ways of eating things. Try it you may like slaw on your hotdog.

Thank you! We use 3 cameras most of the time. A Sony ZV-1, 2 iPhone 11 Pros and an Insta360 One X2 360 camera. For interviews we use the ZV-1 with a Rode shotgun mic on it. Most of the water footage was shot with the One X2 in action camera mode and it was even the wrong orientation so quality was not what we hoped it would be. Thanks for making us smile though saying it is good.

Thanks, we appreciate you watching.

Yes, we got the Revel out of 4wd. Owen will cover that in an upcoming video. The Revel FB page is awesome. Good luck with your new Revel, you are going to love it. Stay warm in Maine.

We’ll have to put Wekiva Springs SP on our list for next time. Thanks for the suggestion.

Owen’s shoes are Crocs and he wears them most of the time in summer, he has problem with his Achilles heel and these are his favorites. I’m not sure if they have them in women’s. They would be great to hose off or go in the water.

@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle thanks Lynn

Boogered means scary, comes from the word boogeyman. Thanks for the question.

We were in site 28, I’m not sure what the number of the tree site. It was beautiful but it might be hard to get level due to all the exposed tree roots.

Yes, we both changed our seats, we took the seats from our old bikes and used them, they are both Cloud 9 seats.

Durning Covid we camped in our home state a lot. We have a corp of engineer site really close to our house call Bandits Roost, we camped all along the NC coast and there are many great campgrounds in the Outer Banks. We also love to head to the mountains to Grayson Highland SP, also the Asheville area is great. We have all these campsite on video if you look back at some of our older videos.

Thanks for telling me that, I almost forgot. Miss you guys.

@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle we miss you guys too

Lynn said the same thing. No room in the fridge for that. This time. 👍❤️

Always my want to knows. He showed the bathhouse in the center of the 1 loop and stated there was in the other. Then if you observe while he is showing you the sites you can see the power sta. and water tap.

@@WTFgus I saw the power and assumed the water was there but I was not. 100% sure. Thanks

We had water and electric at all the state parks we camped at, most of them do unless you stay in a tent site. Good observation Gerard.

We also had solar on top coming in to off set what was being used.

Our side number was 28, I’m not sure about the one with the big live oaks, it did have a lot of roots... which might affect getting your rig level.

Hey Roger it’s Owen. We’ll put together a quick video to answer your question since so many keep asking us. But yes, we use ReserveAmerica’s website (not the app). We search for a park near where we want to go and if it’s not available we click on the tab to show other parks for the same date, then click on the map option. It will pop up a map with a red X where you wanted to go and all the parks with availability around it. It gets tricky but that’s how we do it. We left home on a 6-week trip to Florida with only 12 days booked. Just last week we extended it another week and booked 3 great sites using this method. It used to be you needed to be on at midnight but a recent change means the openings show up when they are cancelled so you need to check often during the day. We have not used first-come sites at all. Those show up when you’re booking same day. Book at least 24 hours out and they don’t show. So we pick our prime spots, book the state parks we can find and fill in the gaps with national park service sites and sometimes county sites. We book some FSPs by changing sites as often as needed... we try to get at least 2-3 nights at a park but many times end up changing sites every night. That’s easy for us in the van but even still not ideal. It can be frustrating but with enough drive and patience you can book FSPs no more than 2 hours from your intended route. 3 years now we’ve done this and we know it works. Hope it helps.

@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle That is very helpful Owen. Thank-you! And yes, I think that would be a great, very well received video. I'm not familiar with FSPs. I assume "Forest Service Park"? (Search turned up "Ford Supplier Portal", LoL!). Are those Federal parks like on recreation.gov? btw, I recently came across an old 2016 post called Fabulous Free Camping in Florida on gonewiththewynns.com . It covers free camping at Florida Water Management sites. Boondocking of course, but might be worth checking out.

@@rogerz8051 Sorry... I was tired of typing Florida State Parks. That’s what I meant by the abbreviation. Sorry.

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Sorry it took so long to respond. :-). You got lost in our pile of comments… Hunting Island!!!! Great place.

Don’t know if it means what I think it does but in my language it would mean sketchy,

It just means scary, I think we made it up from the word it boogeyman.

@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle Ok. I thought that it may mean that the water had a lot of algae growing on its surface.