
The Southern Tides Drift
"It doesn't matter where you are going, it's who you have beside you." - Anonymous
Welcome to Southern Tides Drift, a travel blog of our experiences traveling around the United States and Canada.
OUR HOME & RIDE
We interrupt our randomly scheduled blog to give you a more in-depth look into our home "Flow" and our ride "Ebb"! Some of you may know...
THE OREGON TRAIL
Well, not the actual Oregon Trail, but a coastal Oregon trail. We were stunned by the beauty of this coast. It is absolutely...
HOW BIG IS CALIFORNIA??
Well, our plans were to do a hop, skip and jump through California, but it is a very looooooong state! It is the 3rd largest in size...
ANOTHER NATIONAL PARK & SAN FRANCISCO
Heading inland for just a short time, we arrived at one of the "lesser" known National Parks, Pinnacles National Park. There was a huge...
GREETINGS FROM THE CALIFORNIA COAST!
After departing Death Valley, we needed a few days of down time to re-group, do laundry, relax and reconnect to technology. We found a...
TWO NATIONAL PARKS AND SCOTT'S WACKY BIRTHPLACE
Joshua Tree National Park had been on our bucket list for a long time. It did not disappoint! Our campground, Indian Rocks, was...
QUARTZSITE, LAKE HAVASU, YUMA & MEXICO (AGAIN!)
On the road again, heading to Quartzsite Az! We were oh so curious about this place, after watching so many RVers visit there in the...
CAVES, SLEDS AND TUCSON
Moving onward...Our next destination was Carlsbad Caverns National Park and the Guadalupe Mountains in southern New Mexico. We...
HOW BIG IS TEXAS???
So very, very big!! As a matter of fact, we are still there as of this blog entry. We finally left city life behind and headed into the...
ALL THINGS TEXAS!
When in Texas, eat BBQ! That's what they say, so that's what we did! Found one of the oldest BBQ joints in Texas, Black's Barbecue, in...
NEW ORLEANS OR BUST?
Well, it was almost a bust! Unfortunately, one of us (Sybil) was suffering from a bad cold that the grandchildren shared. As Scott put...
And So It Begins
Before heading out as “just the 2 of us", we wanted to spend some quality time with our grandchildren, as we will not see them in person...
A Bit About Us
Introducing the "Southern Tides" crew, Scott & Sybil Smith, and of course our cockapoo Harlie! We both retired in 2020 and have been...
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