Nine Days at my Favorite Florida State Park!!

 Wednesday, March 16, 2022 -  It was a 3 hour drive to our next park...my favorite, Ochlockonee River State Park!!  We've been here every time we've been to Florida.  It's in the middle of the Appalachicola National Forest, about an hour and a half south of Tallahassee, on the junction of two tidal rivers.  There are only 29 campsites, and hardly any day visitors, so it's a very quiet, wonderful campground.  

Site 5

I was sick with a head cold last weekend and looks like Kev's got it now.

Sunset from our campsite

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - Ann and Erich got here for our last 2 weeks in Florida.  We took a sunset walk along the river.

Full moon over the campsite

Friday, March 18, 2022 - Another fun day hanging out at Ochlockonee River State Park.

Walk to see the sunrise over the river

beautiful foggy morning

my favorite spot to watch the sunrise

somebody got new Tevas

Campsite 5

A walk in the woods

There was so much dew this morning that all the spider webs were really visible

another wet spider web

a really big wet spider web

a small compact spider web

little bit of beach along the river

A Fun Afternoon in Cedar Key

 Friday, March 11,2022 - We spent another afternoon at Sunshine State RV, since the recall didn't go as planned.  After another few hours they did finally fix it up to Kev's standards (although it still wasn't perfect and we spent Saturday troubleshooting until we finally got it all squared away!) On the drive back to the campground we decided to stop at Ralph's Burger House for dinner.  Every time we pass by Ralph's, there is a line, so we figured it must be good...and it was!

The fixed battery set up

Saturday March 12, 2022 - Today we went for a hike on the sink hole trail, which we were able to walk to from the campground. 

and someone did a little cleaning

Sunday March 13, 2022 - We took a drive to Cedar Key, which was about 45 minutes away (on the gulf).  It was a cute little town, that was established in the mid 1800s.   A train line from Jacksonville to Cedar Key was built in 1859 and it served as the main port for coastal shipping and for travelers trying to reach places along the southwest coast of Florida.  Many of the old buildings made of "tabby" are still standing and we took a walking tour of the downtown.  

Today was the day Kevin finally got to try a slice of Hunt's Brothers Pizza.  We have seen them at gas stations all over the country and he's been wanting to try it, since he figured it must be good because it's at so many places.  And it was actually pretty good!

We went to Tony's Clam Chowder Seafood Restaurant

Tony's won the clam chowder cook-off in Newport for 3 years in a row.  I didn't know that I liked clam chowder.

downtown Cedar Key

The Woolridge Building on the walking tour.  Was used as the post office, a barber shop and a bar

Cedar Key harbor

Another boat bench

We hiked out to the remnants of the railroad trestle that brought trains in from Jacksonville

Monday March 14, 2022 - Today we took our bikes to the town of Fanning Springs to ride the other section of the Nature Coast State Trail.  It was a 9 mile round trip ride to Old Town.  

Bridge over the Suwanee