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Road Trip 2022 – Toronto to Florida’s East Coast

by Yula.ca | May 3, 2022 | Travel

In February 2022, we packed up our van, left chilly Ontario, and began our first road trip of 2022 – Toronto to Florida’s East Coast. We crossed the border at the Fort Erie Peace bridge with great ease, and drove down the I-77 from Pennsylavia, all the way down to Georgia. Once we hit Florida, we purchased an annual state park pass and planned to explore many of the state parks. Six weeks later we travelled up the I-95 and headed back home.

It was a 7000 kilometer trip, or 4300 miles. And we spent about $1000 on gas.

We made a couple of videos summarizing the trip, take a look:

There are also tons of videos on our YouTube channel (“OurRetiredLife”), with full length videos on all the areas we visited. There are:

drone videos (click blue airplanes),
bike ride videos (red bicycles),
dash cam videos (green cars), a
nd walks (yellow cameras).

Road Trip 2022 – Toronto to Florida’s East Coast

Photo Gallery:

Washington Oaks State Park

Vero Beach Boardwalk

Sebastian Inlet State Park

Savannah Georgia

Sammy Creek Landing

North Beach Oceanside Park Miami

New Smyrna Beach

New River Gorge National Park

Myrtle Beach South Carolina

Miami Beach Boardwalk

Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge

Long Key State Park

Key West Florida

Key Biscayne

Juno Beach

Jungle Trail Road

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

John D. Macarthur State Park

Jekyll Island Georgia

Hutchinson Island

Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

Hobie Island Beach Park

Gettysburg Pennsylvania

Fort Zachary Taylor State Park

Fort Pierce

Fort Pierce Inlet State Park

Fort Clinch State Park

Florida Keys

Fernandina Beach

Farley Island

Dagny Johnson State Park

Curry Hammock State Park

Crandon Beach

Charleston South Carolina

Cape Florida Lighthouse

Cape Fear River Bike Trail

Bill Baggs State Park

Big Talbot Island State Park

Bahia Honda State Park

Amelia Island State Park

Airborne Special Ops Museum North Carolina

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Yours Truly …. Yula

Florida Destinations – Interactive Map

by Yula.ca | Jan 7, 2022 | Interactive Map

It is warm ALL year long in Florida and often referred to as The Sunshine State! It has the longest coastline in the United States with over 800 miles of beaches. It has 175 state parks, and 12 national parks, and we intend to visit as many as we can, during the cold Canadian winter months. We’ve made this interactive map for you with our Florida Destinations. Places we have visited and documented with pictures and videos have all been listed on the map below.

Click on an icon and you’ll be able to watch the video we’ve made, or read about it here on our site. Here’s what the icons refer to:

Bike Cam

A bike ride video created by mounting a camera on the bike’s handlebars and enjoying the ride.

Drone Cam

Drone videos shot using the DJI Mini 2 drone.

Regular Park visits

Places we drove to and snapped video and pictures.

Drive Cam

A video taken as we drive along roads we think are interesting. No narration.

Florida Destinations – Interactive Map

More interactive maps:
Texas Destinations – All the places we have visited in Texas

Florida Destinations – All the places we have visited in Florida

Quebec Destinations – All the places we have visited in Quebec

Scenic Drives – Dash Cam videos – all the scenic drives we’ve taken

Drone Tours – Our Drone only videos

Waterfall Chasing – All the waterfalls we have visited in Ontario

Waterfront Trail – Bike Cam videos riding along the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail

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Yours Truly …. Yula

The Spanish Moss in Savannah and Charleston

by Yula.ca | Jan 30, 2020 | Florida

The next two stops on our Florida road trip are Savannah and Charleston. It has been a lot cooler than expected but we have been making the best of it. Cool weather is perfect for exploring towns. So off we go to expore The Spanish Moss in Savannah and Charleston.

First stop – Savannah, Georgia. I have wanted to visit Savannah for a very long time, and finally I made it! Walking around in the Historical District feels like you’re in a storybook land. It’s haunting in a beautiful sort of way. There is a square (or park) at almost every intersection with spanish moss hanging from the trees, walkways, benches, fountains. There are free trolleys that you can hop on and off all around the downtown core. There is a free ferry! – Savannah Belles Ferry – with 3 stops, in which you can hop on and off and view Savannah from the water. There is a beautiful walkway along the river – Rousakis Riverfront Plaza. Here are a few pictures taken as we explored: