The blog is behind again. We had a wonderful visit with Barb and Jerry (Dick’s brother and wife) in their Melbourne home, a retired military community that graciously provides RV hook-ups for visiting guests! And discovered the deliciousness of rock shrimp at “The Lobster Shanty” – we’ll be on the look-out for them from now [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Florida State Parks’
Amelia Island
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amelia Island, Florida, Florida State Parks, Fort Clinch State Park, Kennedy Space Center, Spring Trip 2010 on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park, FL
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Florida State Parks, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park, Spring Trip 2010 on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We went to this park because I loved the movie, “The Yearling”, as a child and I love going to the homes of writers. I didn’t know much about Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who won a Pulitzer for that book, but I’m pretty excited to be here and learn more about her life. Unfortunately, it turns [...]
Way Down Upon the Suwannee River
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Florida State Parks, Spring Trip 2010, Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We might have been singing “Way down upon the Pee Dee River”, if Stephen Foster (whose namesake park in Florida we’re in) hadn’t had the good sense to search an atlas and switch to Suwannee (which he misspelled Swanee in the song, Old Folks at Home) instead. Foster lived in Pittsburgh almost all his life, [...]
