Showing posts with label alafia state park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alafia state park. Show all posts

Monday, March 31, 2008

Alafia State Park




We enjoyed our visit to the Alafia State Park. We had a nice size campsite with water and electric. The added bonus was it was a pull-thru, we didn't even need to unhitch the truck! The park really caters to mountain bikers and horse folk. There is only one trail for us footpath people, but it was an enjoyable one. Lots of swampy areas and mossy trees, complete with the occasional gator. The turtle you see actually paid us a visit at campsite and I think he liked getting his picture taken. The camp is nice now, but in a few years when the trees they have planted have a chance to grow, it will be even better. We left the park on Saturday and headed back to my Uncle's marina. Yesterday was spent doing a few chores. Billy washed his truck and I did some laundry and brushed out the furballs. Today we will make the rounds and say our goodbyes. We will start our journey back to Indiana tomorrow morning. I'm really dreading the cooler temperatures and not looking forward to all the work to get the house ready to sell. I am excited to see my son and all my friends. Not sure on how often I will be able to blog on the trip back, will depend mostly on free wi-fi---no sense putting up the dish for one night stays.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Moving Day

Today we move! We have been sitting in one place now for about 3mons and I know both of us are ready for a change of scenery. We aren't going far just to a state park, the Alafia, less than 100 miles away. Check in time at the park is around 3pm so we will not leave Bushnell till around 1pm. Once we get to the park we will attempt to set up our satellite. This will be our second time at this procedure, hopefully we will be successful and not kill each other in the process. A lot depends not only on our skill level, but also the number of trees in the way of the southern sky. We plan on staying at the park 3 days, so if you don't hear from me for awhile---you may assume we were unsuccessful in getting the dish online or one of us is buried in a shallow grave in the woods...............