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Pioneer Village in the Panhandle

Posted on November 1, 2014 By Jolene MacFadden

PanhandlePioneerVillage1Reading through our Facebook pages last week we came across a posting from one of our fellow Full-Time RVers and volunteer workampers posting about their new assignment. Alisha and her family are volunteering at the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement in Blountstown, Florida. The information intrigued me enough to check out their website to see what she was talking about. After reviewing their information about volunteer workamping I thought I would ask her to send us some pictures and more information. And she agreed!

From what she says and the Village’s website it looks to be a great place to spend a couple of months and volunteer. Who doesn’t love old historical buildings, learning new crafts and watching craftmen and women doing what they love to do. It sounds like a great place and we hope we can fit it into our assignment schedule for the end of 2015 or perhaps not until 2016. Most, non-profit organizations rely heavily on volunteers and this place has gone further and included live on-site spaces. It is pretty great that they are only opened to the public a couple of days and hours per week so that the workampers can get some downtime and enjoy their surroundings. Granted, helping out with the farm animals and harvesting crops, making sugar cane syrup, etc. may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it does sound like a great experience.

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Our First Month at Big Shoals

Posted on October 6, 2014 By Jolene MacFadden

BigShoals10022014 (3)Our first month at Big Shoals State Park has been uneventful and some would say even boring. But the weather is getting cooler and we are having a relaxing time. There are quite a few visitors that come every weekend but not so much during the week. We have been having problems with keeping the equipment going and we are no mechanics. The park currently only has one park ranger and waiting on a park services specialist to be hired. The park has a lovely picnic area right next to the river high on a bluff with picnic tables, barbecue grills and one fire pit.

There is a canoe/kayak launch down a sloping path that is overgrown with roots and has railroad ties as steps every so often. There a platform and some steps leading down into the river. There are no canoe/kayak racks for paddlers come down the Suwannee River before the park. Mostly, they come to launch to go the white water rapids area. The river is currently high and running fairly fast. With all the rain we have had over the last 4 weeks all the trails are wet with some even flooded in places. The 3 mile lone paved Woodpecker trail has to be blown off every week but we have only managed it one time since we have been here.

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Our Final Month at Woods Ferry

Posted on July 1, 2014 By Jolene MacFadden

WoodsFerry06022014 (43)Our final month at Woods Ferry River Camp has been an eventful one. We have had over 400 visitors this month. Most stayed over and camped for a night or two and we even had some family members drop in on us to visit and take advantage of our lovely camping area. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and regular canoeing and kayaking people abound during the summer months along the Suwannee River. We will be moving to Adams Tract River Camp tomorrow to finish out our summer months with the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail. It will be opened in time for the big 4th of July weekend!

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Volunteer On An Island For The Summer

Posted on May 31, 2014 By Jolene MacFadden

bah-bahia_honda_-_rainbow_bridgeVolunteer On An Island For The Summer. What could be more fun than spending a little time on one of our various Islands around Florida? True, most that do have live on-site volunteer facilities run towards a tent or boat camping. But, why not give it a try? We contacted a few of the state parks that are only accessible via boat or ferry and found that a few of them would like to have volunteers this summer. Some of us oldsters may find that being in a tent for two or three months is a little bit too much but for those hardy and rugged souls out there we hope you will give it a try. If you have a boat with sleeping quarters and galley some of these parks has a spot for you too.

All of our Florida State Parks could use more volunteers this summer and every summer!

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Talbot Islands State Parks A Different Volunteer Experience

Posted on May 29, 2014 By Jolene MacFadden

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Big Talbot Island State Park
Talbot Islands State Parks A Different Volunteer Experience for you this summer. Not only because there are 7 different state parks being managed on the north side of Jacksonville, Florida but that they have volunteers who live in a volunteer apartment as well as the normal campground host and park hosts living in their RV/Travel Trailers. We know that there is a size little on Little Talbot Island so you have to be aware of that but read the email from Brian Stinson below to get more information:

Hi Jolene,

Just looked thru your blog… love it, wish that more people could do things like that.

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Spend the Summer Volunteering at Lovers Key State Park

Posted on May 28, 2014 By Jolene MacFadden

LoversKeyStateParkEntranceLovers Key State Park is a great place to volunteer this summer. You volunteer during the day and get the whole state park to yourselves after the gates are closed and locked for the night. The key used to be only accessible via boat but now there is a boardwalk and tram service to get people from the parking lot and to the beach area. There is picnic areas, playground, fishing, a boat ramp, canoeing/kayaking and so much more.

So, if you have a travel trailer or RV and want to spend a couple of months next to the ocean this could be the perfect opportunity for you. You still have to apply online at the Florida State Park website and put Lovers Key State Park as your 1st choice. They Volunteer Coordinator for the region will send you application directly to the park’s Volunteer Coordinator. She will contact you directly and check on your references as well.

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