Photo is of campsite we were at for last three nights as taken through windscreen of our truck - lucky us got tent packed away just in time waited out the downpour and headed off to Crane museum (which is not a crane museum but is named for the people who lived there). Very nice palm and mangrove walks with butterflies, a bird rescue centre, boardwalks, a little museum and two historic houses. Learnt a bit about the local indian tribes as well.
Headed on out after lunch with plan to see everglades as rain has stopped but forgot 45mph speed limit which hampered progress a little (as did the required pit stop for our last key lime pie ice pop).
Made it to campsite at Florida City which is a bit like an American Slough. Campsite is hmmmm, functional. Bit like the truck stop equivalent of a campsite. It has flushing loos but to be honest I've been in nicer toilets that don't flush. Besides with the way the rain is coming down it won't matter as I'll be crossing my legs all night.
Tent picnic of salad and mini pitta breads was yummy as we worked out how close the storm was from the thunder and lightning. Nearly didnt need head torch there was so much lightning. Its alright though Martyn has agreed "trucky" is our codeword if either of us doesn't like the tent in the storm and there is a motel down the road - he says we can peg it an come back for the tent tomorrow! Methinks we're made of sterner stuff- we survived 5 days in the Lakes as everyone disappeared around us!
At least it's not cold and I've worked out why Martyn chose this campsite - there is huge gadget shop 10 mins walk away!
Anyway if we don't float away tonight we're going to try for Everglades tomorrow!
BTW there are warning signs for evacuation routes and hurricane shelters all over the place here - they all say if the siren sounds turn tv to local news for instructions. Can you spot the problem ? Ah well still dry so far ;-)
Its good to see things are the same the world over.
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