We left Monday for a 3 1/2 week late fall trip in our home state. This is a great time to be in Florida. I can see why we have so many visitors around the holidays. We are camped (and of course I use that term loosely) outside of Dunnellon, FL at Rainbow Springs State Park. Very rural park, little or no grassy greenspace. The sites are surrounded by pin oaks, palmettos and vaious indigenous shrubs. Many of the visitors to the park at this time of year are birders, so you can imagine the flying fauna abounds. Weather is temperate during the day (mid 70s) and cool enough at night to leave windows open and use a blanket(50s). We will be here another week until Dec. 5 when we will head to Curry Hammock on Marathon Key.
Should have left week and a half earlier but walked out one morning to find a giant crack across The Beast's driver's side windshield. Needless to say, those windshields are not just sitting around in your local glass dealer so the insurance had to track it down and have it sent. That took the better part of a week. When it arrived, it wasn't just for the wrong side, it was for another style. That meant longer waiting and by then it was Turkey Day and we decided to just begin with the third leg of our trip instead. So we are now here (third leg), with the kayak I can't use (that is another story), 2 cats and a dog - But we are here...... :-)
