Hunter Island State Park 
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 08:05 PM - Friends/Family
We decided to keep heading down south a little and check out Hunter Island State Park. It was a longer drive through town than we expected it to be and the park is pretty packed, but I think it was worth it. The mix of trees and the general landscape of the island are amazing. We walked down the beach a ways to see a ton of trees that were dead from having their roots washed out from underneath them. We walked down on the beach and came back on a trail within the forest that consisted of a lot of palm trees, but other trees as well. Also, there are little crabs everywhere and some that are not so little.
-Miranda


Our spot we found in Sumter National Forest.

A creepy, huge daddy longlegs-type spider that was very close to getting in the RV.

Pickles curled up by the pedals. She likes being there when we're not moving.

A view of the "tree graveyard" down the beach.

Me standing on one of many stumps in the ocean. Seeing the roots like that was very neat.

A crab that we startled.

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Leaving Tomorrow 
Monday, October 12, 2009, 08:05 AM - Friends/Family
We finally have the patches and fixes done in the RV. Of course in the meantime it decided to not only get very cold for fall, but snow too. We are waiting on a package that should come today, then we'll be basically set to go. We're leaving in the morning tomorrow since we'll have to drive quite a bit in order to get someplace where we won't freeze for the night. Once we're on the road, we'll start updating more frequently.
-Miranda

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Uggg 
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 09:50 AM - Friends/Family
So, our hope was to leave very soon. Last night we tested the water in the RV. Half filled the tank and ran water through the faucet. The main goal of this was to see if the lights worked (this RV has a gauge that lights up to show us how much water is in the tank) and to see if it was stinky or gross. Instead of this simple test, we ended up finding leaks everywhere. From the piping coming from the hot water heater (which we're now going to take out since we'll never use it anyway) to the hose hookup outside, to the stupid cheapy faucet.

This RV has been nothing but trouble... Hopefully once this is fixed, that will be the end of it. *crosses fingers*

-Miranda

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Boring 
Monday, September 28, 2009, 08:24 AM - Friends/Family
Yep, we're pretty boring. We've mostly been sitting at home working on the game and Joe has been working hard on getting the Toyota RV fixed up and ready to get on the road. We'll even be taking it into town sometime this week to get new tires and the futon mattress for the bed.

The plan is to leave by mid-October. It's later than we wanted to leave since it's getting cold, but there wasn't a way to head out earlier. We haven't been east at all, so the tentative plan is to head east towards Florida. Once we leave we'll start updating the blog on a regular basis again.

-Miranda

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Minnesota Zoo 
Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 02:15 PM - Friends/Family
We drove down to the Twin Cities on Sunday since Jenny's flight was leaving from there on Monday. We wanted to do something fun for her last day and a half. We ended up going to the Como Zoo. It was packed, but lots of fun. I took a lot of photos. I'll post some here.
We then stayed at the Radisson down there that is by the Mall of America. They have on of the largest indoor water parks. That was loads of fun. Lots of great slides. The next day we had some time before her flight, so we spent time in the Mall, which Jenny enjoyed.
She is now back in Utah and will be heading to San Fransisco for school soon. Hopefully all goes well!

-Miranda


A gorilla.

A zebra and giraffe in nearby pens.

An orangutan.

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