RV There Yet?

Barbara and I are currently staying at the Wilderness RV Park in Robertsdale, AL. This is not much of an RV park, but it has great potential. Unfortunately, it appears that the owners don’t have the energy and or money to make it in to the park that it could be. If someone was interested creating an RV museum, this would be a great place to start. There are a lot of older RV’s parked here. There are a few mallard ducks that call this place home. I went for a short walk this morning and took a few photos of the better areas in the park. Take a look.

Barbara and I have been staying here since Wednesday and have really been enjoying ourselves, especially the view. Today I took a hike on one of their featured hiking trails, the Mountain Creek Trail. This trail is listed at 3.2 miles, but with all of my off-trail adventures I made it 4.8 miles. Tomorrow we head to Alabama for four days and then off to the “Big Easy”. We have never been there before so we are really looking forward to it. As usual I have some photos to share.

This morning Barbara called Wakulla Springs State Park to see if there were any manatee’s there. It cooled down into the mid thirties last night, so we thought they may have ventured inland. She was told that they were there, but they couldn’t guarantee how long they would stay. So we jumped into our truck and took the 35 mile drive to the park. By the time we arrived, they were gone. I guess I’ll have to add them to my list of Florida’s mythical creatures. I did get some nice photos at the park. Take a look!

Yesterday, Barbara and I travelled from Wildwood, Florida to Lake Talquin and Ingram’s Marina. This is our last stop in Florida before we head north to Georgia to visit our nephews. Last night I took my camera down to the waters edge to enjoy the sunset and take some photos. It wasn’t the best sunset I’ve ever seen, but it was still enjoyable Take a look!

Today Barbara and I went in search of Manatee’s. Unfortunately, the weather was warm over the weekend, which warmed the surface water and the Manatee’s moved out into the Gulf to cooler waters. We did enjoy the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. The water here is supplied by the Three Sister Springs. Up to 20 million gallons of water per day flows into the refuge and then on to the Gulf of Mexico. The water here is tested monthly and has an average purity of 99.7%. However, this water is currently being looked at as a source of bottled water, which would destroy the habitat for the Manatee’s. Lets hope this doesn’t happen.

For those of you who missed last nights full moon, here are a couple of photos for you.

Our friend the Sandhill Crane returned to the RV park today. So while Barbara was throwing out birdseed, I was taking photos.

After I finished creating this website today I baked a pumpkin pie. Take a look.

As most of you know Barbara and I recently visited the Florida Everglades. According to our guides, there’s no other place like this in the world. I believe it because I have never seen anything like it. Barbara posted several photos on Facebook the other day from the everglades so I won’t duplicate them here. Below I have posted a few photos I have taken since. Please share your thoughts.

Last Friday Barbara and I took a boat ride in Biscayne National Park. For us, this was the best way to see the park because this park is 95% water. The tour boat that we rode on took us around the park and we then spent some time on Boca Chita Key. This was a nice, small island with a lot of very expensive boats in the small harbor.

This is a work in progress so please share your thoughts and let me know if you have any issues navigating this website.