Florida

We are down in Florida now as far south as we are planning to travel. From Sue and Fran's we traveled to Jacksonville Beach Florida to stay with our good friends Cathy and Joe. I like to give people nicknames and we usually refer to them as JoeCat. After a bit of confusion on which day we were arriving, we made it down to their house on Saturday April 16th. JoeCat were ready for us with a great bike ride to the beach and a homemake lobster roll dinner- yum! We also got to see St. Augustine and spent the rest of the day on Jax Beach. My first swim in the ocean this year.

Flagler College, St. Augustine

Ruth Taking the Shot

One Happy Group

Next stop on our trip was Wekiva Springs State Park. The park is located a little outside of Orlando and is a unique spring fed creek made into a swimming area. The campground is really nice but a little bit noisy from street traffic. We also found a really cool swimming hole on Wekiva Island with a two story bar and food truck serving tacos. This place would really be a zoo on a summer weekend but it was pretty calm during our trip. 

Wekiva Island

Nice Campsites

Local Fauna

Turkeys in the Campground

Liming

Nice Fire

Sarasota Florida is our most southerly stop and we are staying with Ruth's sister Susan and her husband Pat. This is our last stop with family and friends and we are on our own from here on out. We are parked in their driveway and it's camping from now on. Nice dinner on the water and at their house with trips to Siesta Key (number 1 beach in USA), Sarasota open market, and Myakka River for the canopy hike. It's almost 90 degrees down here and the locals are still wearing long pants. Must be cold for them.

Sarasota Market

Wekiva Springs

Myakka Canopy Tour

Gators

We still have a few more stops in Florida and will be heading north Monday. Everything is working well and hopefully all the RV maintenance is behind us. A big shout out of THANKS for family and friends that hosted us during the first leg of our journey.