Anyway, we ended up staying in Osceola National Forest for a total of 3 nights. It got pretty chilly at night there too, but it was very nice during the day. The spiders down here are huge!
We have been getting up early (for us) now, so we ran a number of errands while we were in Tallahassee, including going to a small YMCA. We then headed towards a national forest. It was trashy! There were random places we could have stayed probably, but there was garbage and shotgun shells everywhere. We did end up finding one place that wasn't awful, but we just stayed there the night and left right when we woke up in the morning. We then drove to Tate's Hell State Forest and have had little luck here. The roads are dug out on either side and there is water there, so it basically makes it hard to pull off anywhere. We finally found a large, unused intersection with awesome internet and decided we would just stay here for the night. Hopefully it doesn't freeze...
-Miranda
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We did end up biking a little more the next day at Jekyll Island. We went to the driftwood beach, which was similar to what we saw on Hunter Island, but they were fallen weird directions. Some towards the water, some away, which made for some interesting passageways. We then biked down the beach a bit and ended up doing some body surfing in the ocean. Then, as we were leaving to go back on the bike path, Joe had a flat tire... Yeah.. he doesn't have the best of luck. Fortunately, there were some people outside of their homes and we were debating what to do, a guy mentioned he could bring Joe and the bike to the campground. So, I biked back and he got a ride.
We left the next day and headed for Little Talbot State Park. It's another island on the coast. The campground was tiny. Only 40 spots total and they were really well separated. Forest between them, etc. Very nice. We got a spot next to the marsh. We went for a 3.5 mile walk which went down a trail, then came back on the beach.
We only stayed one night and left this morning. We drove through Jacksonville, stopped to get a new tire on Joe's bike, stopped for lunch and I got my hair cut. I've been getting really sick of dealing with long hair, so I wanted it short. It is now short.
We're currently in Osceola National Forest at a very nice spot where we have not even heard any cars go by on the road that is a bit of a walk away. So, we'll probably stay here at least one night, maybe more depending on how power goes.
-Miranda
A fun path out to a lookout over a marsh.
The driftwood beach on Jekyll Island.
The end of the trail and onto the beach!
Our view from our campsite on Little Talbot State Park.
My new hair.
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We left Hunter Island and headed farther south to Jekyll Island in Georgia. This island is definitely more touristy. You even have to pay a $5 entry fee (they call it a parking fee...) There are bike trails all around the island, so after getting a site we hopped on the bikes. We went around the whole island. After we got back, Joe calculated it and figured we biked about 20 miles. We're staying here another night to do laundry and get some work done. We may bike a bit more... We'll see.
-Miranda
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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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The spot in Sumter National Forest was great. Unfortunately, we were not getting enough sun and it was raining yesterday, so our battery was running extremely low. Before we left we checked out one other road in the forest that looked promising. We didn't find any other spot where we would have been able to park, but we did go for a walk in the forest to a nearby river. Some of the plants and trees around there are very neat.
We left and since we were going to be driving through Columbia, we stopped at a YMCA and also looked for a restaurant that had some good vegetarian food. We ended up going to the Blue Cactus. A little, hole in the wall, Korean restaurant. The food was very good.
Last night it was pouring like crazy. We got to Colleton State Park and stayed there the night. We are probably going to head back north a little bit today since it is pretty toasty and muggy.
-Miranda
This is an old picture, but I hadn't gotten around to getting the photos off my computer. This was at a small state park where there was a natural tunnel in the rock. Since the tunnel was already there, they put the train tracks through it. While we were there, a train just happened to be going by.
A large tree with a vine hanging off it. Joe was hoping to be able to swing on it, but it wasn't strong enough.
Some bamboo.
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