What?  I’m going to have to go to Bluff Dale, Texas to get the most important part of my most prime player.  That’s an awfully long way, but hmmm….  I could look at the colored leaves on the SkyLine Drive, Blue Ridge ParkWay and Natchez Trace on the way; eat a bunch of Texas BBQ and TexMex food while I’m buying and having the camper installed, then head for the Florida Keys to bask in the sun stopping on the Creole Trail on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana on the way.     Ultimate freedom will be given by the camper on my new four-wheel drive pickup, which makes it the prime player for this year’s Adventure to all those trails less walked, roads less driven, places less visited, and where it’s warm.  I won’t be limited to a campsite where I have to erect a tent, when I want to camp. I’ll be able to stop anywhere and spend the night.  Memories of a hundred mile dirt ... » Click here for the full story.

    As I sit here watching the white caps roll across Assawoman Bay and the nor’easter pummeling our town, it’s a good day to think of Florida’s beaches, compile my Cheap Eats List and ponder my 2010 Adventure to the warm places of our country from early January to late April, when every day here is like this or worse. One thing I know for sure about my trip this year is: It’s going to be different, since two of my prime players are gone and their replacement will facilitate more freedom for me to wander and meander. Coins Sun., Tues. & Thurs. 1⁄2$ menu; Seacrets 1⁄2$ shrimp and apps at HH; & Fagers Prime Rib (coming soon) on Mon. & Tues. are the top CheapEats and lots of bars have pigskin specials. If you want a copy send an email to ocfotoguy@aol.com.     One of the TV channels routinely rates the Florida beaches; since I visit many of the less visited ones, I have my best list, too. Here, I’m seeing... » Click here for the full story.