for the next leg of our journey, we were scheduled to stay at a campsite in homosassa, near homosassa springs state park. we settled in on friday night and woke up saturday and we were off to see the manatees… here we are. with such high hopes about manatee viewing… on our stroll to the […]
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weekend layover in saint pete.
after our big day at legoland, we spent saturday morning packing up and cleaning and getting ready to head down the road to st. pete for the weekend. this leg of our trip was the only part that wasn’t mapped out in advance. we were hoping to get into fort de soto campground, but they […]
legoland!!!!
when we decided to take this five-ish week test trip in our camper, we centered the plans around meeting up with some other full time rv folks at legoland last friday. most of the folks were staying at a different campground at a “rally”, but we were not, so we just met up for this […]
first official post from the road.
we embarked yesterday. our original plan was to leave tomorrow, but a massive winter storm was in the forecast, so we pushed the date up, and the stress level up, and left two days ahead of schedule. the kids settled in nicely and enjoyed the ride. mostly. we stopped near Charlotte, to gas up and […]
the most sincere pumpkin patch.
it’s no secret that i miss western new york autumns. so, when i learned that my reunion was scheduled for the fall, i was so excited to partake in some our typical fall activities up there. it was tough to squeeze in, because of weather and reunion stuff, but on saturday, we headed off to […]
a fall visit to the homeland. part 1.
i graduated high school in 1994. so, last year, we attempted a 20 year reunion. it fell through. and was rescheduled for this year. a 21st reunion. scheduled for last weekend. so, we loaded up the lid kids and back up to batavia, new york we went. i have been to ny twice and florida […]
september.
man. i really really am doing a terrible job at blogging. not that i think anyone is actually reading this. so, mostly i’m talking to future me and the kids. i had every intention of getting a september blog up and posted before we took a big trip to ny, so that right now, i […]
that time we camped about 4 months ago.
ok. it wasn’t that long ago. but it was awhile. like august. and the school year has been crazy. so i haven’t posted in a millionty years. and i barely remember this camping trip. so, here are some pictures. campfire. chilly morning… the baby. grub face. my favorite all time pic of crazel. a terrible […]
family beach trip 2015. the last day.
the last day. we started out at the beach. derek took isaac out in the deeper waters for a long time, so i wandered about with the girls. collecting bits of shells. and writing in the sand. and snapping as many photos of the sister love as i could. making beach soup. beach soup sous […]
fam beach trip ’15 (part 3)
hello. and welcome to another installment of the lidbom family beach trip. today, i will be blogging about wednesday and thursday. buckle up. it’s super exciting. (not really.) on wednesday, we did the same thing we did most of the week… headed for the beach. for some reason, this was the day we were obsessed […]