Jeff + Patti Travel Tales

We have seven years of Travel Tales to tell. This site currently only includes Travel Tales since November of 2022. Building a website is a time-consuming project. It’s difficult to predict how long it will take to add all of our Travel Tales. As of September 2024, I am currently behind on updates . . . we’ve been busy making memories and creating Travel Adventures!!! ~ updates are in process and will be posted soon ~
We Wander the World ~ Home is where we Roam
2024 marks our seventh year of creating travel adventures and making memories throughout the world. Click here (updated on 01/14/2024) to see where our travel adventures have taken us.
Since May of 2018, we’ve explored 24 countries / territories (United States, Italy, Thailand, United Kingdom [England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland], Republic of Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Costa Rica, Panama, Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands (Holland).
Our home base is Sarasota Florida, where we keep our belongings in a storage facility. We return to Sarasota twice each year for medical appointments and to change clothes!!!

This non-travel update is for the first two weeks of April in Jacksonville, Florida, April 1 – 15. As a reminder, we’ve been staying at the Flamingo Lake RV Resort in Jacksonville, Florida, USA since January 23 so I could get a cochlear implant in my right ear at the Mayo Clinic here. So, we’ve
This non-travel update is for the month of March 2023. As a reminder, we’ve been staying at the Flamingo Lake RV Resort in Jacksonville, Florida (USA) for a while so I can get a cochlear implant in my right ear at the Mayo Clinic here. So, we’re settled down for 3 months, unfortunately, and our
This non-travel update is for February 2023. As a reminder, we’re staying at the Flamingo Lake RV Resort in Jacksonville, Florida, USA for 3 months so I can get a cochlear implant in my right ear at the Mayo Clinic here. So, we’re settled down for 3 months, unfortunately, and our life will be relatively
This travel update is for part one of our 98-day stay in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. It covers January 23 through 27. January 23, 2002 – Monday: moving to Jacksonville We were up fairly early in Mulberry this morning, but not as early as my brother who had first dog duty at 5:30 AM. Once we were
This travel update is for our nine-day stay in Mulberry, Florida, USA. It covers January 14 through 22. January 14, 2002 – Saturday: moving to Mulberry We were up early this morning and had the car packed by 11AM for our drive from St. Petersburg to Mulberry. We stopped at our UPS mailbox in Pinellas Park
This travel update is for part two of our two-week stay in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. It covers January 9 through 13. January 9, 2002 – Monday: running some errands We were out driving around today running some errands. This morning Patti had a meeting with a financial person at PNC bank, where she keeps her
This travel update is for part one of our two-week stay in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. It covers December 31 through January 8. December 31, 2002 – Saturday: Moving to St. Petersburg We were already mostly packed up for our short 40-minute trip to St. Petersburg, but we were up early anyway this morning and
This travel update is for our two-month stay in Bradenton, Florida, USA. It covers November 1 – December 31. We stayed at the Horseshoe Cove RV Resort in a one-bedroom “vacation home” for these two months. Here’s what it looks like on the outside. Here’s the living/dining/kitchen. And the bedroom. It was a nice place
This travel update is a summary of our recent five-month travel adventure through Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, and Morocco. I’ve been procrastinating about writing this, but, have finally gotten around to it. Maps: This map shows our journey for the first 3 months starting in Lisbon and ending up in Gibraltar. Here’s our path around Morocco
This travel update is for our return to the United States of America. It covers October 28 – November 1. October 28, 2022 – Monday: A Long Day Of Travel We were up early in Casablanca and packed up. Here’s our luggage relaxing on the sofa. We each carry a 70 and a 25-liter backpack. Our