Needless to say it was OK but they only thing that worked for us there was the fact that They had a basketball court for Jazz and me to shoot hoops and that the immediate neighbors were nice. The place had been recently and continually dumped on, rain wise, so it was very damp through out the park. We got there late the first day only to find our site had already been taken, by someone who drove in and was just as confused by the sign sheet left out for everyone arriving after the office closes, as we were. I, with the help of a friendly passerby, found the on site maintenance man, and after some personal effort he got a site up and running for us and we managed to get set up and have some friendly conversation with the neighbors before dark.
I noticed while taking the car off the dolly that one of the, not so great anyway, tires was real low on air. So....
The next day was spent doing function things. We had to do laundry and decided to have it done in town, twenty miles away in Panama City. While going there I decided to get new tires for the dolly and have that ready to go, no more worries. After a bit I found a company that sold almost my size tires and got them mounted while we were doing the laundry. It is days like this when my romantic version of this trip has a tendency to slip away a little and I have to actively recreate a vision of what I want this trip to be and accept that things are going to happen and that's all part of it. There is a theme for me in here! I am still discovering how to be with things when they don't work out the way I think they should. Probably no real surprise for some of you but an on going source of surprise for me. GO figure!
That all went well enough. We now have clean clothes and new dolly tires. We spend the next day lounging a bit and cleaning house and playing some B Ball and walking on the beach. But a cold front is moving in and my body has finally acclimated, to some degree, and it feels cold with the stiff wind blowing from the Gulf. We make the best of it but, Megan and Jasper both voice their dislike of the place we are staying. As we travel around, we find, certain places have a very different feel. Some are OK to visit, some are OK to stay at and others are you have got to be kidding me, no way we are stopping or staying.
We loaded up the car on the dolly after dark that last night. There were weather reports of severe thunder storms and hail for the morning and they aren't kidding when they say severe. They predicted 60 mph winds and we got then along with a sizable downpour. We were very glad we had already loaded and closed up.
We got on the rod then heading for Big Lagoon, inside the city limits of high class Pensacola. This park is beautiful and very limited in camping (75 sites), well maintained and very friendly.
I want to let you know that Florida just a fabulous job of maintaining and operating all of the sate parks. It has been an extreme pleasure, consistently, to stay in them. You can count on them for there stated attributes and beyond. All of the rangers and other employees have been so friendly and helpful as well as the volunteer park hosts. Hope you get the chance to enjoy them your self some time.
On the way here we stopped at another day use state park called Eden Gardens. I will leave you with some of the photos of this beautiful, once privately owned, estate.
I have to go know to meet the welder who is repairing our tow dolly with the new tires. If came apart on the way over to Pensacola.
"The difference between an adventure and an atrocity is attitude"
2 comments:
Its good the you found a comfortable space to park! You guys are amazing, keep up the good trippin'! Here in Canada we just had the biggest snow storm in 32 yrs! Its snowy Fun.
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