Bill and Nancy: November 2013

Well, our time in the Keys had to come to end;o( We had the best time… 2 weeks with good friends at Curry Hammock SP followed by 2 weeks at Bahia Honda SP, site 24 on the water!!

We were suppose to leave Bahia Honda on Sunday, the 24th. However, there was some nasty weather coming in so we decided to head out on Saturday and take an extra day to travel to South Carolina.

Saturday, we left Bahia Honda SP and headed north on Rt. 1 through the Keys.

01 - Leaving Bahia Honda SP heading north on Route 1

Occasionally, we drove through some rain.

By the time we reached Homestead, the sun was out.

That was perfect for our side trip to our favorite Produce Stand!!

Robert Is Here

We loaded up with lots of great citrus, tomatoes, corn, kale, avocados

and

even got our photo taken with Robert;o))

03b - Homestead sidetrip to Robert Is Here Farmstand

We continued north on Route 27 toward the Southern end of Lake Okeechobee.

We had made a reservation at a country park called South Bay RV Park in Belle Glade, FL.

We got a nice site, but more importantly, they had a laundry!!

We managed to get our two weeks worth of laundry done…Yea:o))

On Sunday, we only had a short drive… just over an hour.

We were headed back to St. Lucie South COE Park in Stuart, Florida.

We arrived before lunchtime and were on site 7 right next to Gail and Rick.

03b - Our Site is along the Okeechobee Canal

After grabbing a quick lunch, we headed out to the grocery store. We wanted to stock up so we didn’t have to shop later in the week near Thanksgiving. Well…we weren’t the only ones with that idea…the stores were jammed;o((

When we finally got back and unloaded the groceries, the skies opened up. There would be no sitting outside today, so Gail and Rick came over and we enjoy a couple hours of talk and laughs. Wish it could have been longer, but we will be catching up again this winter.

Monday would be our longest travel day. We had 300 miles from St. Lucie South to Walkabout Campground in Woodbine, Georgia. It was all I-95, not our favorite, but that’s the easiest route. When we left St. Lucie South, the temperature was 73 degrees at 7am.

01 - Temperature when we left St. Lucie South

All that changed by the time we reached Georgia.

03 - 58 degrees when we reached Walkabout at noon

When we arrived at Walkabout in the early afternoon the temperature was down to 58 degrees!!

We’re missing the Florida Keys a whole lot already;o((

I decided to make a big pot of Potato Chowder for dinner. Just before dinnertime, Sherry and David arrived for a 5 night stay at Walkabout. We invited them for dinner and spent a few hours catching up. I totally forgot to take a photo, but we’ll see them again this winter also.

This morning, Tuesday, we expected to get up to heavy rain and were prepared to drive our final leg of the trip to Buck Hall in the rain. However, when I got up (really early) it wasn’t raining. I checked the weather map and saw we might have a window of opportunity to avoid driving in the rain if we got on the road NOW!! So Bill got up and we hit the road by 6:45am. Turned out to be a great idea. No rain until we backed into Site 12 at Buck Hall Rec Area in McClellanville, SC.

It is suppose to rain through the night and most of tomorrow. Don’t think we’ll be down by the Intercoastal Waterway watching the Yachts go by tomorrow;o(( Oh well, we have no where to go until Thursday’s Thanksgiving Dinner with Mom!!

Bill and I wish everyone...

A Very Happy Thanksgiving!!

After spending a great 2 weeks with friends at Curry Hammock State Park near Marathon in the Florida Keys, Bill and I were lucky to get another 2 week reservation a little further south at Bahia Honda State Park near Big Pine Key!!! Getting a reservation at any of the State Parks in the Keys is almost impossible, but to get one – on the water – at Bahia Honda is just sheer luck!!!