Time to Get On the Road Again!

Okay, it has been a few months since I updated this blog. It is time to get on the road again! We enjoyed our stay at Collier Seminole State Park. While there, we hiked, kayaked, and visited Marco Island. Of course, no trip to Marco is complete without a trip to Walter's lot and Jack's Lookout.

Bob and I did both before moving on to Highlands Hammock State Park near Sebring. The bike trail is still great. We not only biked, but hiked the trails in the park. We saw evidence of lots of animals, but only got pictures of a water moccasin---ewwww!
There was much to do when we returned home-work on the rv and yard. In December, we changed the color of our house from dark brown to a lighter leather color. We also added railings to our front stoop.The next big job was ripping out the carpet in the rv and adding Allure flooring from Home Depot.A friend of ours is an excellent carpenter so he made a new table for our dining area.
We also attended the festivities for Wounded Warriors at Skydive Deland. There were 192 skydivers in the air at one time. The finale was a skydiver with the American flag.Last but not least, we had our yard sodded. The area of bark near our sidewalk is gone and now has bahia grass. We also planted two holly trees since our diseased pine trees have been removed.

Once we got the grass rooted, it was time to head out for Arkansas!

Our first stop was Econfina River Resort in the big bend area. The horse flies were enormous!The first night,we drove to Hickory Mound of Big Bend Wildlife Preserve. Our first sight was a small gator in the road.We kayaked one day. It was a two mile trip to Gulf of Mexico from the state park next to our campground.Another day we visited St. Marks--the town and the light house.

There is a bike trail from St. Marks to Tallahassee.The light house is not in the town of St. Marks. I have to say it was so hot, that we didn't stay out for long. Temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees aren't what we like.

From Econfina we moved about 70 miles to Torreya State Park. We stayed there 3 nights.
Gregory House is located at the state park. It was moved there by the CCC in 1935.
One day we geocached our way to Blountstown.

Another day we really extended ourselves and hiked over 7 miles on Torreya Trail. It took us along the bluffs and ridges overlooking Appalachicola River.
From the state park we moved north west into Alabama. We decided to stop at Ft. Rucker near Enterprise, Alabama.