Last few days...

Trenching for the Rain

April 25 - White Sands to O'leno State Park at High Springs - 45 miles. The day was short so I drove the motorhome and then biked the route backwards to meet with the group. We got rained on but nothing like the rain that came down in buckets by late afternoon. We were so glad that we had a short day and not caught in the downpour. Next to us at the campground was a 40+ foot fancy motor coach driven by two gals. After a shower, I walked over for a tour and we ended up drinking wine, talking and laughing. It was nice having a "girl gathering" especially in the pouring down rain. Russ managed to get another Corn Snake to skin, a fairly large one this time. He said Mike was so excited he was jumping up and down and waving his arms over his head in the roadway as he rode up to them. Mike thought the snake was dead, but it still had some life in. So Russ had to dispatch it and then skin the poor thing.

April 26 - O'Leno State Park to Hawthorne - 60 miles. I had the first shift driving so I had time for another visit with the gals. Good thing that Dawn drove last because the campground that we had booked was a real dive. (Porta pots and no showers). So she franticly tried to find another one. We found a nice one 20 miles down the road, which had a warm pool with "noodles" to float on. In Gainesville we got onto a nice 16 mile bike path to Hawthorne. Wouldn't it be nice to have a national coast to coast path without any cars. One big rails to trails express way. "Dream on", as they say.