We Visited One Of The MOST REMOTE National Parks In The World! (RV Florida)

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Come along to Fort Jefferson and Dry Tortugas National Park!
We show you around, how to get here and a few of our favorite stops in Key West, Florida.
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@rudyu2767 Месяц назад

In 1994 my father drove 22 people on a 21 foot wooden boat to leave Cuba and we made it to dry tortugas. My brother and I were 5 and remember some of the bad weather along the way. It took my dad 28 hours to find land because we had an old boat with old motor and the current would slow us down tremendously, but he did it without resting. We made it and 30 years later we have worked hard and made a beautiful life here. We are very blessed. Great video, I will take my boys there soon so they can something about their history.

@GratefulGlamper Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing your story and for watching

@donnabaardsen5372 Год назад

This was fascinating. Your children are going to turn into amazing adults because of how you're educating them with experiences. My parents did the same thing, and it led to me continuing to travel myself when old enough. The same for my now adult child, who literally travels the world. Nothing beats actual hands-on experience 👍

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

For sure! Thanks for watching

@jrlong3490 Год назад

Nice video of the fort and island. Glad you could get your daughter involved in narrating parts of the video. She sounds like a natural.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks!

@0.0.0.0.1 Год назад

Ft. Jefferson is my favorite places to camp. Once the tour boat, and planes leave it's down to just a few people. Almost feels like you have the place to yourself. Can't wait to go again

@sandymanning8744 Год назад

Great video. Thank you for taking us along. Prayers and Blessings 💕💕💕

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@nicoleadderley975 Год назад

So much fun! Thank you for sharing and allowing me to live vicariously through your families travels. 😄🤩

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks for watching

@charlesboyer61 Год назад

What a great trip, and it was excellent seeing the whole family having such a great time. These are the true halycon days for you all, and you and yours taking the kids on trips like this to see and experience the world is perhaps some of the best education that they'll get. (Yes, reading, writing and math are super important, but so is knowing what kind of world we live in.) I hope you all have the best of holidays and that 2023 brings more exciting travels for you!

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks so much, happy holidays to you and yours also!

@willfriar8054 Год назад

One of the most impressive architectural feats of its time. I help sandblast and repaint the harbor lighthouse on top of the fortress. This is one of the few of its kind. The fort at key West was actually leveled on purpose. Turns out that the rubble is better protection than a fortress. It's an impressive place. Every brick place like artwork. Done with soldiers dressed in wool during the summer time. Drinking rainwater and steamed distilled water. Loading coal off the docks into warships. Near the entrance to the reef is Iowa Rock. Yes the Iowa ran around there for 3 days. It is still an important place guarding the soft white underbelly of America and the Gulf Coast. Fort Jefferson a lot of people died there. A lot of people lived because of Dr Mudd. So much history there. You could spend a month or a year. I would love to go back and work on more restoration.

@mikemanjo2458 Год назад

Charity, I love your enthusiasm! You share the most incredible information. What lucky kids you have to receive the best education ever! Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Great job on the shirt choices, young lady! You have great taste! Stay safe, friends! ❤️🙏 Jane in SC

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks so much Jane!

@hrm350694 Год назад

Glad you enjoyed your ferry ride. I was able to visit the island about once a month and worked on all the lights and buoys from 63-64 while in the Coast Guard. Went back while in the Coast Guard from 69-73 for another tour in Key West. Drove over the old bridges.

@cargoon-cargoconversionbui2880 Год назад

Great video. We camped in the Keys a few years ago and loved it. Next time, we have to check out that National Park.

@willfriar8054 Год назад

When I was a contractor doing the lighthouse restoration we had to live on the 38th fishing boat. I found that putting a old 16 lb bowling ball from the thrift store. With a screw eye. Yes we could hold that boat in that crappy Anchorage without drifting. And the Cuban captains will give you fish in exchange for beer. They like Budweiser but better beer is preferred. Rum everybody likes that

@markalley4810 2 месяца назад

Are you using that's a kettle?

@SaraSparkles Год назад

I’m so excited for your key west series. We’re camping for 6 weeks in key west on the navy base. From mid Jan to the end of February. So I’m soaking up all the helpful information.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Awesome, you’ll have fun for sure!

@TheEdelKampers Год назад

Really enjoyed your video. I am headed out to the Dry Tortugas in February and am very excited to check it out in person. Thank you for sharing. Mary 💕

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Enjoy your trip!

@jetrepaz Год назад

that was great and the old fort trip looked amazing! thanks✌️

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks for watching

@wkw4095 4 месяца назад

Super awesome! Glade you got to experience this awesome place. It's one of my top NP's! We rode bikes to the airport and took the sea plane there. I thought being on the island for 7 hours would be too much. It wasn't enough!

@markseaman4750 Год назад

Been there, done that! It was many years ago but still one of our fondest memories.

@wesalexander2693 Год назад

An amazing video, thank you for posting this! We've camped in Key Largo and driven as far as Marathon Key, but unfortunately not as far as Key West. It's a long drive down the chain of Keys!

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Yes it’s a very long drive!

@luannpatterson5888 Год назад

I’ve been fascinated by the DTs for a long time. Thanks.😊

@ChasinReef Год назад

This video is amazing, we loves Florida keys. Thanks for sharing your experience

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks for watching

@Pauls-World Год назад

Hey y’all, I hope you’re having a super nice weekend.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks! You too!

@OnTheMewve Год назад

Great video guys! We are doing the keys (staying at John Pennekamp) this summer. Dry Tortugas will be on our bucket list but not going to happen on this trip...but it's definitely a place we'd like to go one day. Thanks for sharing! ~Kelli and Wilson

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Enjoy the keys and thanks for watching!

@jessicad1296 Год назад

We went to the Dry Tortugas in February of this year. Water was a bit cooler and the waves were up, but still had an amazing time snorkeling and exploring the park. The ferry ride was all inclusive, unless you wanted to buy souvenirs or alcohol. And yes make sure you make your reservations early! We reserved about 4 months in advance of our trip and did not get the day we wanted, but our "alternate". We stayed on Duvall street and enjoyed the walkability and the night life. We did not do it, but spending the night camping at the fort would also look to be an amazing experience !

@lisal77 Год назад

We visited the Dry Tortugas in May 2021. It was well worth it and we loved it.

@aynholt Год назад

It all looks AMAZING! We hope to join your ranks in the next year and I've enjoyed learning so much from you. Truly You Tube University.

@deborahcheney3341 Год назад

This is an amazing place to visit. Was there back in 1997. Went on the ferry to get there, looks like I was on an early version of the Yankee Freedom.

@HumilityisHumble Год назад

Congrats we have the same fridge from Jc- Refrigeration. They installed ours we LOVE IT! No issues it’s been a couple months. Way better than before.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Awesome!

@willfriar8054 Год назад

I did the restoration of the little black lighthouse on the top of the fort back around 98. We had Cuban fisherman in the harbor all the time they came and went as they please. During that time there wasn't much Boat Lift stuff going on. It's a beautiful place and I can see where it would be strategic to protect the Gulf of Mexico even today if a foreign country got it it would be bad for America and shipping in the Gulf of Mexico.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Very cool, thanks for sharing

@stephaniegundlachchess944 Год назад

You mentioned in your intro you were going to tell us how to avoid making some expensive mistakes. I didn’t hear those. What were they?

@elisabethairey3447 Год назад

Thanks for sharing, loved seeing the national park. My son went with a summer camp, but we have not gone as a family yet. Its on the eventually list. :D

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Hope you get to go as a family sometime, thanks for watching

@porcine83 7 месяцев назад

Had a similarly great experience visting Dry Tortugas last month. It's a long day, but very worth it. I tend to get sea-sick by no problem on the ferry - water was smooth as glass there & back!

@GratefulGlamper 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!

@markdeshong6323 10 месяцев назад

I have been there several times, Camped overnight once. Took airplane every time. Such a BEAUTIFUL flight.

@willfriar8054 Год назад

I remember when Yankee freedom was a mono hull . I was working doing restoration work on the lighthouse. They let us dock our work boat at the Chevron dock downtown key West for free. Those captains were wonderful people and they really help with the restoration of the lighthouse on the top. I was the captain of the work boat

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Very cool

@mikeelder6298 Год назад

I visited Key West in February 1975 and have always wanted to go back

@mrs_maverick1121 Год назад

Thank you for the black tank info! Just went full time trailer living about 2 weeks ago and couldn't figure out why even after dumping it was saying about 1/3 full!!! Just went and closed! I've been using all the products so I'll do all those again tonight and see what happens in a couple days!

@patriciasullivan7702 Год назад

We took our son and god daughter for her graduation present to The Keys and DTNP! One of my all time favorite places!

@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564 Год назад

My husband and I took that trip; years ago before it got too expensive. We went with The Yankee Freedom Fleet which is closed now. They actually set up a buffet, with sandwiches, potato salad, etc. for our lunch. It's so beautiful out there. I know that the cost of fuel for the boats has gone up, but $200 per person is ridiculous for a National Park. I think it was $75 when we went.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

When we first looked at this trip 4 years ago, it was $95/person. It’s definitely gone up since then.

@GregVT Год назад

Skipping red hot cannon balls across the water is just about the coolest thing I've ever heard of. That should be available for an extra fee 😁

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

💯% agree 💣🌊

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

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@dirkestey1213 Год назад

Most cool

@danajames1497 Год назад

Please go to the Keno sandal Shop in Key West. They make the sandals right there in the shop. They last forever!!!! I have some that at least 15 years old .

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Sounds amazing- we will have to check them out

@cirrus820travelers9 Год назад

Really enjoyed our trip to DTNP in November. Love the FL Keys - our home away from home. Next time down there check out the Former President Truman's Little White House. Did you see Hemingway's boat (replica) in the Wide World Sports Bass Pro in Islamorada?

@RV-there-Yet Год назад

🌼Charity! You did SUCH a good job w/vlogging this, WooHoo you!👏I was wondering if anyone was going to bring up the part about it being a prison after the war between the states, & then you did exactly that. =) I was NOT aware that John Wilkes Boothe had ever been imprisoned there, however, so thanks for that too.👍 ~Sammy in AZ

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks for watching

@cathysupp9493 Год назад

You aren't supposed to touch QUEEN CONCH- your kiddo says you can't keep it simply because it's a PARK? As a local PLEASE be aware of these kind of rules....... I'm sure it was mentioned Also just IMHO nothing Key West about Ron Jon surf shop, we have zero waves, it's a chain store, like most of shopping. Kermit's is authentically local- Love to see how YT'ers show my own area......gives perspective when watching other places

@anthonyrenaud5783 Год назад

Nice video, and just to think The sunken Spanish Galleon the Atocha is just Southeast from there.

@jamesh4357 Год назад

Went this year- took the seaplane. Wasn't THAT much more expensive, beautiful flight, pretty cool stepping off the plane onto the sand. Only had about 3 hours on the island, but 10 people on the plane, had the place to ourselves until the boat with 100 people showed up after we'd been there for 2 hours. Place is super interesting, beautiful water to snorkel in. Highly recommend the trip. We were spending a lot of time on boats on this vacation, so 5-6 hours on the tour boat didn't seem appealing. Made it back to Key West for lunch! Go if you get the chance.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

👍🏻

@kelleyboorn6734 Год назад

Love seeing you and your family explore!! I see your doggo! We plan on visiting the tortugas next month and I’m unsure what to do with my dog! Does yours do ok in camper with some puppy pads or did you board them?

@kimbyh2o Год назад

The water will not be clear if the winds are high. Just know that when planning during hurricane season. Still worth a visit!

@husker143 Год назад

Good thing you went when you did. We were just there on 16 Dec and 6 Cuban refugees showed up. The rangers said it happens everyday now. 2 Days ago the entire NP was shut down indefinately due to over 300 refugees showing up on one day!!!!

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

😳

@ChosenchildofGod_1 9 месяцев назад

I knew you we're gonna say Key west. On my bucket list. Been all over Fl never to Keys west yet. To Bahamas This is beautiful. Where did Y'all leave from to get there? VERY SMART KIDS LEARNING A LOT. THAT'S AWESOME

@GratefulGlamper 9 месяцев назад

We stayed at Fiesta Key RV resort in Layton

@genericwatcher2439 Год назад

The best Key Lime pie is at the local grocery stores, you can get an ENTIRE pie for the cost of 2 pieces at a restaurant/downtown shop and you will not be able to taste the difference.

@mikeholmed7029 Год назад

I love the sign at Ft Jefferson that says "nothing happened here".

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

😉

@mikefromholt8791 Год назад

Looks like you had a calm ride. The ride to and from can get a bit rough, watched plenty of people get a bit green when we went out in 2012.

@jdmather5755 Год назад

I think that was me. 😮

@mikefromholt8791 Год назад

@@jdmather5755 when we went, at least two dozen had breakfest revisited, including my wife. It was not pleasant for her. I however had a great time.

@ggadventures6654 Год назад

It’s Hollywood!! He is the best!

@erinchen6057 Год назад

Great video! What’s your equipment for filming underwater? Looks amazing!

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thank you! We use this Underwater Dome with a GoPro Hero 11 amzn.to/3PktjM5

@vincetoscano7018 Год назад

Great video!! How was it to drive out onto the Keys? We definitely have to go.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

It’s a long drive but a beautiful drive.

@nursynikki Год назад

Next time drop by Kikis in Big Pine, there bathrooms have air-conditioning, which is weird because they are outside...they have a beach, hammocks the best burgers and bar, all fresh sea food. I hope you enjoyed our paradise.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thank you!

@susankline8100 Год назад

Kiki’s is actually on little torch…. But I totally agree…. Fantastic place! Love the fresh grouper bites! Can wait to go back next month!

@brittneynottelling1328 Год назад

Nice! I was thinking of going to the keys next winter, but when I looked into it, it was only going to be in low 70’s typically. I figured that would be too cold to do any snorkeling or beach days. What month were you there, and How was the weather?

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

We were there in November- temps during the day were in the mid 80’s

@crowdfundcrew Год назад

I’m hoping to one day buy a catamaran and spend some time cruising and diving in the Dry Tortugas. Hoping for some generous people to reach my incredible dream.

@jmonserrat2018 Год назад

Great video, I've been going to the Keys since I was 7 years old (im 55 now). It's easy when I'm 4 hours away. Question: Where were you guys when your kids were on the escalator ? Thanks

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

We were in a shopping center where the Cuban Queen Coffee shop is located

@davidharris5758 Год назад

The boat did not "wash ashore". It was piloted by cuban refugee. It had an engine and was sea worthy. It was not set adrift and just washed ashore.

@storiesacrossamerica Год назад

Awesome video...Thank you for sharing it with us. What camera are you using to shoot with in this video? Also 1080/Frame rate?

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thank you! We are shooting with a Sony camera In 4k. Thanks for watching!

@bonniehowell9206 Год назад

I have always wanted to do this,but never able to get up early enough to go.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Time to set an alarm ⏰ 😉

@karennicholson4724 Год назад

Loved this video! Just out of curiosity what did you do with your dog while you were at Dry Tortugas? If you sent him to a doggie day care can you give a recomendation please?

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

We talked about it( how we dealt with the dog while we were away) towards the end of the video 😉

@barbaramcspadden8655 Год назад

Just 20 Miles closer to Key West than Cuba! 🌺

@Brigand231 Год назад

When our pup has his rear end on a seat and his front paws on the floor we call it "stitting", that's half sitting, half standing.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

😂

@joycebricker3814 Год назад

As a person from the Midwest, no snorkeling experience . I went on the ferry they said there are milk sharks but nothing to worry about . Stay near the sea wall. So I was seeing amazing fish like in Drs offices back home they were huge. Then I saw a fin. I saw it again it circled omg it’s JAWS! I’m going be eaten. So I did a flip turn off the sea wall. And broke the ft Jefferson record swimming back to wear I could stand. There were people standing on the sea wall pointing. They informed me that it was a barracuda whew I thought it was a shark. On the ferry back people pointed out that barracudas were real mean. Dr. Mud was imprisoned there. He treated Lincoln’s assassin. He didn’t know that this man had killed Lincoln. He knew the man had a broken leg.

@DailyDriver. Год назад

Can you do a video on class A safety? Specifically their crash safety

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Hey there, crash safety for class A motorhomes would be a great subject. However we are not experts in this area.

@SilverHonda0767 Год назад

18 days and counting……..Key West is having the New Year’s Eve conch shell drop at Sloppy Joe’s and Schooner’s Wharf pirate wench drop. Also, Bourbon St. Pub is also having a shoe drop celebration all on December 31st. Who is going ?

@teresaworthley2368 Год назад

We have been to the keys and Key West several times and have never gone there!! So interesting with great history!!

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Thanks for watching- something to add to the travel bucket list

@g.choppa4448 Год назад

👍

@jasontaylor1920 Год назад

What was the expensive mistake?

@jaypratt5079 Год назад

So,,,, what’s the mistake?

@brucefranklin6765 Год назад

You left out a very interesting story about Dr Samuel Mudd that was imprisoned on Dry Tortugas. He was the doctor that treated John Wilkes Booth after he assasinated Lincoln. He later was hailed as a hero when he helped out when there was a outbreak of Yellow fever.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Yes, very interesting part of Fort Jefferson Indeed

@nickyl9040 Год назад

there was a really good movie about that very subject : John Carridine played Dr, Mudd

@user-ot9ms6vx8h Год назад

Drill a deep well,and bring in the missile defense pods.

@georgeveasey7317 Год назад

What campground did you stay at and did you like it?

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Here is our video about where we stayed: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fyp-xkm8oqc.html

@jrags35 Год назад

Was that a 114 Celestron starSense I saw at the camp site?

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

It is!

@jrags35 Год назад

great fist scope for the kidos

@JamesJacobson-ov4ps Год назад

Which brick company made the bricks? There must be a record.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Both red and yellow bricks make up Fort Jefferson. The yellow bricks were placed before the civil war and were from Pensacola, Florida. The red bricks were shipped to the island from the North during the civil war.

@laurelhester7369 Год назад

Which campground were you staying at while there.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

Hey there! For our travel videos, ee put all the links for where we stay in the description of each video so you can easily see where we stayed. For this video, we stayed at Fiesta Key near Islamorada.

@robertcheung7399 Год назад

So what was the expensive mistake? Do you regret going to DT n don’t recommend it?

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

The expensive mistake was the money and resources spent building the dry tortugas fort - only to have it be abandoned with all the logistical issues

@jacobniehaus 3 месяца назад

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@leeoldershaw956 Год назад

The fort was not completed because settling caused the water cisterns to crack and be unusable and during the Civil War rifled cannons we're developed that could breech a brick fort.

@davidgreen7886 Год назад

What do you do with your dog when your gone for 8 hrs.

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

We talk about how we handle that situation a little later in this video 😉

@kevinjones6638 Год назад

C4YT

@jimmyzzer Год назад

As of Oct filming in national parks and posting to RU-vid or tictoc and other places that make revenue is now a federal crime sad because there are so many places that we find out about from watching videos like this

@GratefulGlamper Год назад

It’s not a federal crime if you have a permit. Check the NPS website for more details on the new regulations.

@jimmyzzer Год назад

@@GratefulGlamper yes a permit and insurance but little Bobby out with his family and trying to show his friends will need to get a permit and have insurance or he is committing a crime

@RickandDarcirvadventures Год назад

OMG! $200 per person to ride the boat out there and back. That is not fair to make a killing off a national park that should be available for everybody to see.

@mikefromholt8791 Год назад

Diesel fuel ain't cheap, and the price does include breakfast and lunch, plus NP admission.

@RickandDarcirvadventures Год назад

@@mikefromholt8791 still not fair for the normal family that wants to see a public national park

@esthers5772 Год назад

Yes, it is expensive, but when a 2 1/2 hour boat ride is required, that is a costly operation, I imagine they can’t do more than one round trip per day.

@RickandDarcirvadventures Год назад

@@esthers5772 I agree with you but my point is that it will take away from the family or person that wants to go see it or think about their budget being way over blown.

@mikefromholt8791 Год назад

@@esthers5772 yes, only one round trip per day. They do give plenty of time to explore the fort and to snorkle, or swim. You can also pack in your camping gear and stay on the island on the grounds outside the fort. However, you will need to pack in EVERYTHING including water. As for cost, 70 miles, I'm guessing that's a lot of fuel to be burned off. Plus, there's a crew for the boat( I think 10?), staff at the port in Key West, port fees, so the cost is probably justified.

@jamesn.economou9922 4 месяца назад

The back story on this place is a lie, and here is the proof. 16,000,000 bricks set in a 4 year span, would be 40,000 tons of bricks, total, with 27.3 tons of brick set, every day, 365 days a year. Now before, you set a single one, the whole island had to be leveled and shaped in a perfect, hexagonal shape, the moat constructed, and footings in place. Now, we also know that the southern people built all of their homes, barn, outbuildings and textile mills, etc. out of wood, but somehow, while these people were gearing up for the civil war, they found a source for the bricks (Maine of all places), skilled labor force, (slaves, is what the educated ones say) and the logistical supply chain, that was transporting all the men, food, water, bricks and mortar, etc. to the island. You can believe that if you like, but the truth is, we could not build that in 4 years today. In fact, there is no construction company that could commit to such a remote location to build. It is insanity now, and it would have been worse, in 1847. Much worse. Just don't believe it please?