Wed, 11/9/11


Chattahoochee KOA, Chattahoochee, FL, to Manatee Springs State Park, Chiefland, FL:  Left this morning around 10:00 and stopped at a Flying J to fuel up and have some breakfast.  Continued east on I-10 and just east of Tallahassee we dropped south on Rt. 19/27.  This route is a four-lane, limited-access highway that winds through what old Florida was probably like back in the day.  Drove through the little towns (more like wide spots in the road) of Eridu, Idoo, and Shady Grove.  Past little cracker houses with tin roofs, large cattle and horse ranches behind brown flat board fences and electronic gates, old pecan groves, and magnificent live oaks dripping in Spanish moss.  Arrived at Manatee Springs SP and were set up by 3:00.  We were all by ourselves for a while.  Sat outside in the peace and quiet—the only sounds the buzzing of the insects and the raucous call of the pileated woodpeckers.  About 4 deer and a little fawn hung out in the woods behind us for a while. Hated to leave, but we had to go pick up a few groceries and have some dinner.  81 today.  Unfortunately, no Internet here.

Our pretty site tucked into the woods