If you are looking to plan ahead, there will be plenty to do in Florida during February. Â The second month of the year in the Sunshine State has wall-to-wall excitement from the beginning to the end. It starts with the Florida State Fair going on in Tampa from the 8-19. Then on the 9-11 there's the Everglades Seafood Festival...
  When we travel, there are some things we like to keep cold. However, after some experimentation, we found electric travel coolers fit our needs.
  We first tried using an ice-chest style cooler but there has been leakage from time to time. Moreover, we have had mixed results with the re-freezable cubes in terms of how cold they actually...
  January 12 was National Hot Tea Day and of course that required a road trip. We selected The Twisted Teapot in Winter Haven as our celebration destination.
 Once a flower shop, the Twisted Teapot has been converted into a comfortable tea room with a combination of shabby chic decor and a tea list, that looks more like a...
  After seeing many posts about the Christmas St. Augustine - called "Nights of Lights," we were lured to the Nation's Oldest City for a Christmas vacation. While it was fun on many levels, we did learn some valuable lessons.
  It had been better than a half century since last I visited St. Augustine. The first time I was...
 Like the tool box we have in our car for minor vehicle repairs, we also carry a travel First Aid kit in case we suffer some minor cuts, scrapes, abrasions, bumps and bruises.
 We actually found the bright red case at a garage sale. It was perf3ect -with Emergency written in large print on the top side. And it was...
