Cape San Blas

Finally sending a post from our time at St. Joe Penisula State Park. Phone and internet was spotting or not at all. I didn’t feel good the time we were there, but feeling fine now. I think I had bronchitis. Never seemed to stop coughing.

This park has two different campground loops. One was in the pines and the other in the palms. We camped in the latter.

We were just over a sand dune to the beach. There was a short boardwalk there. We walked the beach quite a long way down the beach to the boardwalk to the other campground. From there we walked the boardwalk that connects the two back. The sand was so nice and so easy to walk on.

The last night before we left we walked the boardwalk to the other campground and beach back just before sunset. It was a beautiful night. One guy was out with his kayak. When the sun went down, no one clapped. Guess they don’t know that tradition in Florida!

Now in Gulf Shores at the Park. There were so many coming in at once on the first and we all had to wait until 4pm to check in. It took forever. Some ladies rushed up ahead of us from their rigs back further. (We were all in line back down the entrance road.) They got their check in and couldn’t get into the park until we got ours because Ron and Carl had them blocked. DeJongs and us both have a nice spot. We are a little ways away but not that bad. Yesterday was sunny with a north wind but not too bad. We each set up our camps. At night we went to Mo’s Barbecue. Today turned cloudy expecting rain tomorrow morning. We rode our bikes today through the entire campground. Did not see anyone we know.

Extra Stuff

We were riding our bikes around the perimeter of the campground and they were doing a controlled fire by the trail parking lots.

They have a big celebration here in Tampa called Gasparilla. This past Saturday it was the kids festival. There were floats along the harbor on the boulevard and the water. It is all about pirates. That night on tv they had 25 minutes of one of the best fireworks I’ve seen, so I snapped a pic off the tv. This Saturday it is the adults turn called the Invasion of the Pirates. It’s a big deal here and we stay as far away as we can.

Continued Last Days

 This is at the trail head.

 This is the bike path we took out to nowhere!

Enlarge this pic to see sign about a trap for hogs.

Last Couple Days at Hillsborough State Park

These photos are of a class 2 rapids. There are only two in Florida. This trail followed the Hillsborough River.

Standing inside a dead tree.

This is a suspension bridge that took us across the river.

Two Days at the Florida Super RV Show

We thought we were only going for one day; but after we got home, we realized by looking on a map that missed an entire section and a vendor building. You get a two day pass so back we went. It tired us out. A guy offered us a golf cart ride up to the entrance and didn’t hestitate to accept.

The entrance to the Florida State Fairgrounds 

The following are some pics I took of roaming entertainment throughout the fairgrounds.

 Bagpipe players

I was going to take his pic and called Carl over.

There is a man in the bush. He walks around and stops in different places. He’ll talk to you.

First Week in Florida

First off all, I haven’t posted anything because I forgot to activate my Jetpack and campgrounds we were at didn’t have internet.

Great weather on the way down but cold after we got here. We stayed for three days in a nice place between Dade City and Zephyrhills.

We are now at Hillsborough River State Park. Got here last Tuesday, January 16 and leaving January 23. Another nice park. This park is in the woods with spacious sites. It has been full every night. For warmer weather, they have a large pool, many activities, and trails. One night it was below freezing here and one night it went down to 34. We kept nice and warm. Weather now changing for the better.

This is our site.

This is a vacant site.

This is a view from our rv.

Ready, Set, Go

We will be leaving tomorrow morning.  The temperature went up enough to melt most of the snow off the roof. Our neighbors are leaving too this weekend and will park where we are now out front.

See the neighbors rv in the background.