2017 Apr 01-08 - Last Days in Florida & Camping Back in Illinois

I really procrastinated in posting this last part of the Florida trip. I'm just throwing all of the pictures into one post.

Here's a short log of what we did, but the pictures sort of tell the story.

4/1 – We did laundry in Eastpoint and just passed the time driving through the country (swamp). I didn't take any pics except at the laundry.

4/2 – We hiked from the campground to the bay side of the island, then down to the West Slough. Probably hiked a couple of miles, all told.

4/3 – We drove into Apalachicola for lunch.

4/4 – We went to the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Center. It was pretty cool. Nice exhibits and a good movie told about the area. Best of all – it was free!

4/5 – We left St. George Island and headed north. We camped at Henry Horton State Park, south of Nashville that night, but it was so cold and windy that we just holed up, cooked dinner in the microwave and turned in early. I didn't even take a pic of our campsite!

4/6 – We arrived at North Sandusky Campground at Rend Lake in southeastern Illinois. We camped there with some of our Aliner friends. We headed home on Sunday, the 9th. It was a great trip, but pretty laid back. I guess we're getting old.

2017 Mar 29-31 - Stephen Foster and St. George Island State Parks

Early on Wednesday evening, our last at Stephen Foster, while we were at our campsite visiting with Jerry and Helen, we saw an Alto arriving at the campground. Shortly after Jerry and Helen went back to their site to fix dinner, a woman walked into our site and just started talking like we were old friends. It took me a minute, but I finally recognized her as Diana (husband, Leonard) from Ohio. They were in an Alto at Oscar Scherer for the past week where we had met them and visited for a few minutes.

Diana invited us over to their site for the evening, so we went over an played Rummicube all evening. A fun game, but it takes a lot of concentration. The next morning, we passed them waiting in line at the poop loop (dump station) as we left Stephen Foster, headed for St. George Island.

We stopped in Carravelle for groceries and a BBQ sandwich before completing the 176 mile drive to St. George Island State Park. It rained and blew on our first night in camp, but this time, I got up and took the awning down BEFORE it blew down and I didn't get soaked doing it.

Friday morning, we put the awning back up and went out to explore the island after breakfast. The island is long and narrow. In many places, you can see the Gulf of Mexico on one side and St. George Sound on the other at the same time. I took a few pics before we went back to camp for a nap. Enjoy!