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Our Grand Tour Continues

Sun, 6 Apr 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [28948]

AFTER TWO WEEKS OF SLOTH ON FLORIDA’S Turquoise Coast we’re back on our Grand Tour. This leg took us through Alabama and Mississippi to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. After our 8-hour journey from Pine Island to Destin, the two-hour ... Read more >

Adieu, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good-Bye

Fri, 16 May 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [28937]

IT SHOULDN’T HAVE COME AS A SHOCK—there have been only two or three of us posting in the past year—but World Nomads seems to have stopped supporting photos on this site. And what’s a travel blog without pictures? ... Read more >

Early Birds

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [28883]

NO TRIP TO THE HOUSTON AREA would be complete without a visit to Sabine Woods Audubon Sanctuary—at least for birders like us. Yes, we know we’re here too soon for the Spring migration but we’re hoping to see a few of those famous Early ... Read more >

Back in the USA

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [24208]

IT’S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS since Hurricane Ian crashed through Fort Myers and just a single lane on the only bridge connecting Pine Island to the mainland is open. On-going construction regularly stops traffic dead. Businesses along Pine Island ... Read more >

Myrtle Beach, SC

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [532]

WE VAGABONDS HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE; a hotel or hostel, a birding tour or cruise ship. Or an AirBnB in Myrtle Beach SC. It’s a logical stop on the way to Florida, the price is right and we enjoyed our visit in the spring of ’21. ... Read more >

Georgia On My Mind: Savannah

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [485]

EVEN THOUGH IT’S ONLY ABOUT 400 MILES from Myrtle Beach to St. Augustine, we broke up the trip with a stop in Georgia. When we last visited Savannah in ’05—the details are a bit fuzzy in my mind—we seem to recall having a good ... Read more >

St. Augustine FL

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [480]

ST. AUGUSTINE IS THE OLDEST CITY in the United States. It is also the last “Friends and Family” stop on this leg of our Grand Tour. John’s sister Jean “Charlotte” and daughter Carli moved down from “Joisey” about ... Read more >

A Very Disappointing Day

Wed, 6 Nov 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [475]

IN THE 50S WHEN SPACE WAS THE NEW FRONTIER, families would gather in front of tiny b&w TVs and anxiously count-down with each new space launch. Today, 65 years later, launches from Cape Canaveral have become ho-hum events—we actually watched ... Read more >