Anniversary Camping Day 3 and ride home

 I woke up around 7 AM and started moving around. By now I figured it would be really cold, but I was surprised with 69 degrees and a balmy SE wind.   Weird as a big cold front that would ultimately bring snow to the panhandle was already filling in from the night before.

Also, it had not started to rain yet.  I stolled over to the bathhouse and snapped this pic on the walk back.

The ground was still dry.   I checked the radar and saw it wouldn't be long, so I climbed back into bed.  An hour later the first band of rain hit and it hit hard.  The wind was 30mph at least with driving rain and coach was rocking back and forth.   We heard the cups blow off the table outside and had a leak up by the driver's seat.

It rained for the next 5.5 hours pretty much non-stop but finally let up around 1:40.

We decided to walk to the beach and took the roundabout way on the nature trail.  Nice 20-30 min walk through the coastal woods noticing how many of the plants and trees are different here than 240 miles south where we live.

Tommy got a photo in along with the flag at half mast in honor of Jimmy Carter's passing.

I was not aware that one of the 5 original houses of refuge was in the park (one was in Delray Beach near my house).   Some cool back story here.

We walked up the beach looking for shells (found a few) and got all the way to Snack Jack's again but me being a big dummy, didn't bring my wallet.

We walked back down the beach and back to the campground.   I didn't feel like cooking as it was all very wet out so we hopped on the bikes and headed back to Snack Jack's.  Opened in 1947 and right on the beach, it looks to be one good hurricane away from the history books so I wanted the experience as it was a classic vintage FL dive bar.

We ordered a pound of steamed shrimp and each had a cup of soup.  It was very tasty, would eat there again in a heartbeat.

This sign was apparently 'liberated' from the park.  It is in KY so now I need to visit there as I looked it up and sounds like a cool park with links back to Thomas Jefferson!

We pedaled back to the site before it got dark and while it stayed overcast the temp was mild and I powered through most of the firewood that was left.

We went to bed and when I woke up for my walk to the bathouse in the morning the weather had changed!   40s with a hard north wind that was damp and biting..   I texted with my friend and we packed up and got off the site and off to meet them for breakfast.    

We had a nice breakfast and talked a bit more, but then the road beckoned.    I still had about 2/3 of a tank which got us all the way down to Melbourne where I took on 28 gallons.   We averaged about 8 on that tank and we made it the rest of the way home in just about 4 hours from Ormand Beach which was pretty decent time in the GMC.

We ran back into rain around Jupiter and it was light misty rain while we unpacked the rig and got everything put away.   

Lucy went to work and hooray Naya stopped by and stayed for dinner so that was a nice treat.

Today was our 24th anniversary and while it was filled with travel and work, we had the rest of the weekend to celebrate and it was a wonderful time.   Looking forward to the next 24 years!

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