Tuesday, March 9:

Lazy Lakes RV Resort, Sugarloaf Key, FL, to Everglades National Park: Left this morning at 9:40. I decided to drive. Worked our way up the Keys and enjoyed the beautiful turquoise waters one last time. We arrived in the Everglades at 12:30 and I actually backed it in the site with Mike’s help and did it quite well. However, setting up was a different story since we’d been in one spot for over three months and apparently got pretty rusty. We needed to level the 5th wheel out but put the levelers on the wrong side so it was canted pretty badly. So, we had to hook up again and put the levelers on the other side and then unhook all over again. Spent an hour futzing around. After finally getting set up we had some lunch and then went for a walk. It’s pretty busy in here which is unusual. After our walk we sat outside reading and listening to the wind in the pines and the chattering of the birds. I love coming here. It’s very restorative for some reason. Mostly cloudy today and think it was 75 when we pulled in here. Had Italian sausage sandwiches, sugar snap peas, and potatoes for dinner. No hook-ups and we have no D batteries for our lanterns, so we have to go to Homestead tomorrow to pick some up.

Hammock in the saw grass--Everglades NP