Florida

We stopped off in Pensacola, Florida, yesterday afternoon.
There didn't seem to be much there so we carried on, planning
on sleeping in a beach state park in Gulf Breeze. We got there,
found the road was closed, and drove to a different state park.
This one was not only closed for the evening, but also full.

This was new!

We started driving for another one, but gave up on the way
when we saw a sign for a proper RV park. It would have cost
us over $80 for a night there. As if! We asked him if he knew
which state parks would still be open.

No chance, he said, it's Spring break. Oh yeah. Balls.

So, desperate for showers, we headed to yet another
carpark for a lovely evening of 2am streetcleaning
vehicles circling our home.

This morning, a bit disheartened with all the carpark
sleeping and lack of showers, we headed to the beach.
It was overcast and chilly, but I was in Florida, and I
was going to the beach, goddammit.

I liked the beach, a lot. It was nice to chill out. The sea was
far too cold to swim in, but we crashed out on the super
white sand and relaxed.

This afternoon we headed to a state park 10 minutes inland,
called Rocky Bayou. It only cost us 12 bucks for the night,
and it's probably the nicest place we've stayed in so far.

I like it here a lot! It's right on the edge of this massive lake,
or river, or something. Whatever it is, it's joined up to the sea,
because we saw BOTTLE NOSED DOLPHINS. It was amazing,
we walked down to the edge of the water, and there was a sign
saying there were dolphins, and I said, ooh maybe we'll see
dolphins! And they appeared.

They swam past us, blowing their little blowholes and one even
did a jump! It made me on a bit of a high.

I keep forgetting we're in the gulf of Mexico. It must be all the rain.

After seeing DOLPHINS we went for a walk on this little nature
trail. This time we saw signs for aligators again, but I traipsed
along the riverbank and couldn't find a single one!

There are about 50 zillion squirrels here. They're everywhere.
If they were rats, it'd be an epidemic. But they have fluffy tails,
so it's okay.

After our walk, we had showers.

The nicest, most welcome shower EVER.

Being clean is underrated.

I wanna stay this clean forever.
So we can stay like this forever.
And we'll never need a laundry,
cos we'll have clean clothes, constantly.

This evening, we had planned to repeat our jacket-potoatos-and-
beans-cooked-to-perfection-on-an-open-fire evening of yesteryear,
but after building a fire and sitting our potatos in it, the rain came
back.

I'm currently microwaving tea.

Two fingers to nature.