Accepting the Unexpected Journey

Guest post: A secluded paradise down the river from Wekiwa Springs, Wekiva Island offers an array of outdoor activities and recreation for all ages! It’s not really a state park but more of a recreation area with easy access to a state springs (if you’re willing to paddle a bit!). While this awesome outdoor Mecca is easily accessible from Orlando, it’s a well-kept, local secret.

There are a lot of reasons to be glad that we prefer camping over any other type of vacation, but this year it seems we really do have the best idea. After all, we don’t have to worry about air travel, we have a bathroom traveling with us for emergencies, we can take all of our food with us so we don’t have to depend on reliably hygienic food service, and we are traveling to relatively remote locations (with a few exceptions).

We were standing in the gift shop of the Badlands National Park visitor center when my husband picked up a […]

We were only a couple weeks into the school year when our fourth grade daughter came home with an announcement: […]