Leaving the Everglades for Sebastian Inlet

Saturday February 16, 2013
Site 49 Sebastian Inlet State Park
Vero Beach, Florida

 

**in attempting to get caught up after 2 weeks without internet, I have published the last 3 posts from the Everglades all at once. 
If you’d like to read them, they are here, in order, Part II of The Marathon Trail Drive and An Eco Pond Morning & A Snake Bight Afternoon.

 

 

 

 

Back to Leaving the Everglades…..sniff, sniff.

We’re all packed up and ready to leave so when we get up this morning all we have to do is have breakfast, bring the slides in, jacks up, dump and we are on our way.

As many of you know, I am a hot water rather than tea or coffee drinker.  Water is really pretty much the only thing I drink and sometimes, I leave water in my cup overnight.  So imagine my surprise when this is what I see looking up at me when I go to have a sip from my Happy Camper cup this morning.

 

GOOD GRIEF!

Where he came from and how he got in my cup I have no idea. We also have little tiny frog footprints on our mirror behind the dinette, no way to take a picture of them, I tried.  :-)  

I give him a ride outside and hope this is his neighborhood and he didn’t hop a ride with us from Snake Bight yesterday.   He is just THE cutest thing.  Maybe I should have kept him to see if he’d like to eat the plant gnats that are attacking my herbs.

 

Speaking of which, I could REALLY use some advice on how to get rid of these gnats that seem to live in the soil, be attracted to water and are making my plants look strained and pained.

 

 

Winnona stops by the old 1960’s gas station on her way out of the park. 

 

 

 

 

At the time this station was built, regular gas was $.31 a gallon.

 

 

 

 

 

I am braced for an uncharacteristically long (for us)driving day of 240 miles. 

We’ve decided to just bite the bullet and take the Florida turnpike.  It’s a long way and this is the most direct way. 

But we are pleasantly surprised that the turnpike is in great condition and not crowded at all.  The whole trip costs $16.75 and gets us within 34 miles of the park.  Of course that last 34 miles takes an hour.

 

 

We arrive and the winds are blowing.  Boy are they blowing.  

So we don’t set up much.   Our site, #49, is on the back row with some shade and protection from the wind – good.   BUT it also has mosquito potential – not so good.   Time will tell

 

Here’s our side yard.

and our front window view for the next two weeks.

 

 

You can bet I’ll be out on that beach tomorrow!  Haven’t seen the Atlantic since my birthday in December.  It will be a GREAT reunion.!!