Lake Louisa and the Magic Kingdom

We planned our time at this particular state park because our good friends the LaPointes were going to be in Orlando.  We met them for their last day at the Magic Kingdom and it was so great to see them!

Highlands Hammock State Park

I have some catching up to do.  I haven't written on here in a few weeks and there have been a few relocations since then.  Last time I wrote we had just the south part of Florida and it seemed like there was an imaginary line that we crossed over around Lake Okeechobee that went from warm weather to less warm weather.  It was still warm, but not shorts and tees anymore.

Glade Evers

Alligators and Anhingas filled our days last week.  We spent a couple of days in the Everglades National Park.  We decided to enter one day at the north entrance (Shark Valley) and a different day we hit the southern entrance (Ernest Coe) and made the hour long drive through the Glades to the southernmost visitors center (Flamingo).

We saw tons of gators, took tours, spent over an hour with one ranger learning about all the different types of birds and how to more easily identify them.  While on one of the tours, we had to walk around a huge gator that was sunbathing on the sidewalk.  My heart was racing as I passed with my little appetizers.

Yes and No

It seems we are moving fast these days.  It has been tough to find places to stay in Florida this time of year, so we've just been taking the spots we can get.  We are working on our boondocking skills, but not quite there.

We spent the last 5 days or so at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.  It was just north of West Palm Beach in a great spot along the coast.  It was very windy out there, but the breeze was welcomed most days because the temps were pretty warm.  It's great that we were able to get a spot there because it was so close to my brother and sister in laws place and we were able to visit with them everyday of our visit.

Wild Horse

We spent the last 5 or so days in Payne's Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida. 

The not so cool things about RVs

There is so much to learn about the world of RVs, it's crazy.  And since we have a fifth wheel, there is even more things to worry about, from the truck that tows it, to the hitch, to the king pin, I have to know about the car's gross vehicle weight, front axle, rear axle, pin vertical weight, the fifth wheel base weight and carrying capacity, total tow capacity and gross combined vehicle weight!  I am probably even forgetting some other things.

Spanish Moss and Sudoku

We have had a nice week in Savannah, GA.