We arrived at St. Joseph’s Island State Park three days
ago. What a wonderful place, very laid back.
The weather has been warm, low 20’s
but mostly cloudy, and foggy just to
make us feel at home.
The park is small with only about 100 sites between two campgrounds. The beach is
just on the other side of the dunes, a 2 minute walk. The sand is very fine and white, just like snow. This is our spot for
the week.
Yesterday was unusual in a couple of ways. For the first time since we left on this trip, we had
zero plans; no driving the RV, no travelling into town or city, no need to get groceries, nothing. We just sat in
the sun (when the fog cleared), read our books and took a few walks on the trails and
the beach. And I rode the bike on the beach for a
few miles.
The second major departure from the norm of the past few
weeks was…….. (drum roll please Robie) , we actually got to turn on the AC! I
suppose that means we have truly arrived. The forecast for the rest of the week
is low to mid 20’s during the day and high teens at night.
We found this little guy grazing beside the road yesterday,
mama was watching from a short distance
away.
Here's something I've been meaning to talk about since our last trip but never got around to it. State Parks in the US have adopted an interesting way of running the parks, called the Campground Host Program. Instead of hiring Park Rangers to deal with every detail of running a campground, they allow campers to become Campground Hosts. These folks perform chores ranging from raking campsites to maintaining the washrooms and showers, working a few hours a day. In return they can camp for free for up to 3 months in a given campground. Our hosts here, came by and introduced themselves on our first night. Nice people, from Chicago and also escaping the cold.
We'll be here for two more days and then we head to Presnell's RV Resort and Marina in Port St. Joe about 40 minutes from here. We will be spending Christmas there. In all we'll be spending about a month in this general area, called Florida'a Forgotten Coast. It's quiet, not crowded, and there's no traffic.
We'll be here for two more days and then we head to Presnell's RV Resort and Marina in Port St. Joe about 40 minutes from here. We will be spending Christmas there. In all we'll be spending about a month in this general area, called Florida'a Forgotten Coast. It's quiet, not crowded, and there's no traffic.
I remember thinking when we spent a bit of time in a state park visiting friends a couple of years ago, that the Yanks do a lot of things in a most common sense way. The Campground Host is one of them. A total win-win arrangement.
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