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.