The Florida Keys

We have been here in Long Key State park since Tuesday. The weather has been very hot, 85 degrees faranhiet during the day and about 80 at night, and extremely humid. They say this is about ten degrees higher than normal for this time of the year. This weekend the weather is going to break and things will cool down a bit. Today we will be moving further into the Keys to Bahia Honda state park where we will stay till after Christmas. We are looking forward to moving on again. It's always neat to meet new people and see new places again how ever we are thinking fondly of you all and some times miss being home. Enjoy the pics

Saturday mornng musings

Saturday Musings Dec. 12
Long Point County Park / Sabastian Inlet about 40 miles South of Cocoa Beach on the East coast of Florida
A very lazy Saturday afternoon, it’s raining lightly outside, a warm rain, about 75 degrees Fahrenheit, listening to Lennie Gallant, a very appropriate choice for this afternoon. We are surrounded by water. This park is on the inter coastal waterway, right at Sabastian Inlet where boats can get a chance to sail from here into the ocean and back. It is an area rich in fish and bird habitat. Lots of swamps along the inter coastal here with lots of guys from all over going fishing every day. They have their RV’s set up right along the waters edge with their boats tied up right out back along the shore. Mostly people ten years older than us. All kinds of big and small and medium size RV’s. A very laid back scene. Maybe another time I’ll bring my own boat down and stay a while.
Tomorrow we leave for John Pennekamp Coral Reef state park which is at Mile marker # 1 heading into the Florida Keys. The next day we head further into the Keys to Long key state park, and by the end of the week we hope to spend eight days in Bahia Honda till boxing day. Yup Christmas Eve, and Christmas day in the Florida Keys.
We’ve only left home a week ago yesterday. It’s been another process of discovery. It is a very different kind of journey from our earlier trip to the east coast. We have driven much further, yet now that we’re here we have intentionally spent more time at rest. Even when we were at St Augustine we made no effort to go into town and tour the historic sites. It’s not that kind of trip this time. Our Winnebago has been a pleasant surprise too. It’s very comfortable and roomy. It maneuvers easily into any parking places we’ve needed to park in, and turns about 30% sharper than the Road Trek. The best of all is that it gets about 23 miles to the gallon and never seems to run out of fuel.

On the road again.

Anastasia state park Florida!

Dec. 10/09

Here we are, a lot has changed since leaving Shubie Park back in October. We travelled home relatively quickly after that with brief stays in Fredericton and along the South shore in Quebec, we soon decided to head home a bit early. There was much to do once back at home again. We caught up on a lot of business waiting to be dealt with. We had a wedding and two funerals to attend, We bought another apartment. We sold our Road Trek, and bought a much newer and somewhat larger Winnebego. But mosy important, we were home for the arrival of a new grandaughter " Rose Danielle " Being on the road makes me see ever more clearly that there is nothing more precious than ones family and my grandaughters have become an incredible added thril.

Well after five weeks we have moved on again to a new chapter on our tour. We left home again Dec. 5th crossing the border at the Lewisberg Bridge into the State of NewYork. From there we've travelled down through Pennsilvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and now finally into North Florida. It's been a tiring, (huge snowfalls for eight ours on Saturday) yet beautiful journey getting here. We are now camped out at Anastsia State park just out of St. Augustine. A few days on the beach have been just the ticket to get rested up. Tommorow we move on again exploring the East coast of Florida as we move further South always looking for another perfect beach. It's Christmas here too, and soon all the camp grounds will be booked up for the holidays. We have reserved six nights from Dec. 20th through to the 26th in Bahia Honda state park in the Keys so that's where we ill be for Christmas Lord willing. Till then we will try to keep posting. Love to all our friends and family and those whom we've met along the way who read this. Here's a few pics for your perousal.