Our campsite at Jonathan Dickson State Park; Jupiter, FL

Jonathan Dixon State Park; Jupiter, FL: Well, the day started out bad and got worse. Woke up to rain and wind. As soon as we had a break in the weather we hooked up. Had to pull out of our site, put the bike rack on the camper, and then load the bikes. Then we were on our way. I felt lousy, so Mike ended up driving all the way. The Sun Pass worked great! I’m so glad I got it. It saves a lot of time. We left The Keys at 9:40 a.m., stopped at the Palm Beach service area and got something to eat, and arrived at Jonathan Dickson State Park at about 3:00. Got checked in and then headed to our site—which was in the river loop. Really beautiful with lots of lush vegetation. The site we reserved (back in October of last year) was occupied. Sooooo, we called the ranger station and a ranger came over to tell whoever was on the site to remove themselves—but they were nowhere to be found. So, they ended up putting us in the equestrian campground, which would be great because there are only 5 sites and we’d have the whole place to ourselves. So we went over there and got set up and then another ranger stopped by later and told us there is going to be a work group in here also—starting tomorrow. 20-somethings. But, she said they are up early and work all day, and if they aren’t quiet they’ll be asked to leave. At any rate, we’re here for 6 or 7 days. There’s lots of hiking trails and bike paths. Plus the Loxahatchee River. Should be fun. 73 when we got here. Supposed to go down to the 40s tonight. At least we can have a camp fire. And temps back into the 80s in a couple of days.