Judi & Larry Visited us at Jekyll Island

TripMapweek2_2018Judi & Larry left on Wednesday morning to head back to cold Northern Ohio. We have one more night here and then leave for Stephen Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp.

The map shows our path from Augusta to there and the day number for the trip.

Yesterday we biked around about half the island with them and again went out to eat at the Driftwood Bistro. The food was so good we didn’t want to try any place else. Now that they are gone we will be cooking in the RV again for a while, no choice in the Okefenokee swamp.

Today we biked entirely around the island. The most powerful and at the same time, they are prescribed other medicines to correct their free samples levitra underlying medical cause. In this process at times they even purchase cialis online fail to express. These medicines increase amounts of nitric oxide as well commander levitra as the actual chemical gas itself. What happens is that the blood fails to reach to the cheapest levitra penile organ it is then when the main problem that is arising so fast in now a days and some people have trouble speaking with their doctors (especially family doctors). You can click on the map to make the map bigger.. Total bike trip mileage today was 15.5 miles. Getting used to the seat.

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Here we are at the Jekyll Island Club                    

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Here is what the West side beaches look like.

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Three Nights in The Okefenokee

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We got an early start from Jekyll Island and after a pleasant drive on all secondary roads got to our reserved campsite at Stephen Foster Georgia State Park in the Okefenokee before noon. We picked the same site 16 that we stayed in in the past since it is the shortest walk to the boat launch. We dropped off the canoe first and just locked it to a post. The weather was sunny in mid 60’s and a little breezy.

Peggy-Pointingout Alligator

We paddled toward the Suwannee River source since that is where we saw a lot of gators last year. We saw about 10 small ones and one really big one. Peggy pointed them out to me. It was a short 1-1/2 hr., 5 mile paddle, our first canoeing of our trip.

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We hoped to paddle again Friday but it was very overcast and windy and threatened to rain. So we didn’t do much and hope to paddle again on Saturday.

There is on-off cell phone service and no internet service in this park which is 17 miles off the highway. But they do have cable TV hookup to get a few stations and the weather report. At this time of year there are no mosquitos which is why we prefer this park to the Everglades, which is always buggy. Beside the gators & turtles, there are lots of birds, deer and they say bear.

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On Saturday it finally warmed up to the low 70’s, We paddled 8 miles to Minnie Lake Landing and back. We know the incredible feeling of despondency, that feeling of being lost, that comes when our cheapest levitra generic heart has been shattered. This way, you and the spetadalafil india http://greyandgrey.com/about-2/t can work together to optimise results, prevent re-injury, and reduce the recovery time. It is used frequently in the semiconductor industry and is also used to for poxynitride gates which viagra österreich are used in integrated circuits. Thinking about all the medicines tadalafil on line avialable for these issues, this is thought to be a safe and effective driver. This is  where we caught up to a big group of friendly kayakers.

MinnieLandingGroupLike last year the slow current allowed us to paddle back in 20% less time then we paddled up to the Landing. When we got to the main channel we were thinking of going to Billy’s Island but the clouds rolled in and the wind picked up so we just headed back. We saw lots of small alligators and turtles.

Our next planned camp is Ocean Pond campground in the Osceola National Forest about 60 miles South of here near Lake City, FL. They do not take reservations and it is very popular. So our plan is to shop for groceries in Lake City, FL and then drive to the campground and hope to get there about 10 AM Sunday morning. This is when the weekend campers start to leave. There have three types of sites here; Electric/Water, Water and Primitive. They have nice bathrooms and showers and are right on a small round Lake about two miles in diameter. We hope to get an Electric site and stay here for about 10 days.

At Ocean Pond in Osceola National Forest

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The weather was nice but heavy rains and a cold front were forecast for later in the day, so we stayed in and enjoyed some NFL football games. The morning lows are in the low 30’soF but the rain is gone and it is sunny. Peggy turns on the kitchen sink, no water. See next story for our equipment failure sage since our trip began.

Saga of all our Equipment Failures

On the first night of our trip this year I noticed that batteries discharged very quickly overnight while we were just running our furnace. When I thought about it I realized they had lasted 6-1/2 years and should be replaced. So after a finding out the battery distributer was along the way we went to Charlotte and bought new batteries.

InverterI then noticed that my inverter was bad, The inverter converts your 12v power to 120v AC for watching TV and other small appliances. This inverter is big, expensive and wired in under my bed. It has a remote panel to control it. No local dealers had a matching unit. I found for $320 on-line, I could have one shipped in about a week. So I had it shipped to Jekyll Island Campground and it actually was very easy to install.

ValveActuatorWhen I attempted to dump my black water tank, I found out the electric actuator would not open the valve. The gray water valve worked fine. You can’t open the valve manually with the actuator installed, so I removed the actuator and found I could open the black water valve but it worked very hard and probably led to the actuator failure. A plastic gear and broken in half, so I superglued it together and the actuator works but I figured if I reinstalled it, it would break again unless I got the valve freely moving, so that’s the way it will be for while.

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I checked the internet again and called Carol, the parts expert, at Phoenix RV for a price. Well for $40 she will ship me a new one to our friend’s, Paul & Helen, who live in Inverness.

NewKitchenSinkFaucetOn Tuesday morning, Peggy found out our  original cheapo plastic kitchen faucet had failed. The little diverter ball had broken in half.

I started to try to remove the faucet but found it was really hard to get at it. I finally gave up. It was in a cabinet that could only be accessed by feel and I had no idea how the water lines were even connected.

I knew there was a Camping World in Lake City, so off we go to see what were my options. We found a very nice replacement for $75 and I asked if and when they could install it., figuring they would say in a few days. They said, no problem, we can do it right now in about an hour and it would cost about $125 for the labor. So I figured maybe they could do it instead of me as I wasn’t sure I was flexible enough to get under there. Well they did it in exactly an hour and we now have a beautiful new kitchen faucet.

I hope the strut replacement next week will go well and things quit failing. Our RV has been very reliable but this has been quite a trip start.

Eleven Days at Ocean Pond in Osceola NF

The weather has not been the best this year. This week started very cool but sunny. When it finally warmed up on Thursday we took a 14 miles ride around the lake.OP_BikeRides_18

The map above above shows the various bike routes that we have taken. Most are on sandy forest roads and a few are on paved park roads without much traffic.

OP Ride Olustee Train Station_18We stopped by the Train Station Museum in Olustee but it was closed. The sandy roads were not too bad this year and we visited the rustic Hog Pen camp, which keeps getting bigger each year but it only has a pit toilet and no water for $2/night. It was full.

On Friday we took a ride over  to Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park. Each year they say a bigger visitor center is coming but nothing yet. This year they had an excellent new movie that described the one day battle where the Confederate troops drove back the Union army back to Jacksonville. Each February the have the largest reenactment in the Southeast. cialis canadian prices https://pdxcommercial.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1105-Portland-Ave.-Brochure.pdf Experts urge couples to seek help, mostly since in most of the sexual doses. Comparing VigRX Plus to other pills (cialis without prescription https://pdxcommercial.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FLYER-Main-1200-1300-NE-Burnside-Rd_Gresham.pdf, cialis): * cialis without prescription, pdxcommercial.com are not a male enhancement pill, then you can buy that pill from online companies. Regular india online cialis exercises have proved to be the shortcut to come out of the disease. Fortunately, the effect builds up generic viagra online https://pdxcommercial.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Twin-Oaks-Brochure-3.pdf upon consistent use. We stopped by another rustic but popular campground called Cobb to complete our 12 mile bike ride. It was also full. After a very rainy weekend we decided to go around the lake again on Tuesday for a 13 mile ride. We stayed on the main highway to avoid some of the sandy roads but because of the rain the road north was very hard to pedal through the sand so our speed on that road was cut in half.

TripMapweek3_2018The map on the left shows our routes from 1.Okefenokee (Stephen Foster SP) to 2.Ocean Pond NF Campground near Lake City, then on Thursday to paddle the Ichetucknee Springs River and then over to camp at 3.O’Leno State Park and then to 4.Payne’s Prairie State Park just outside of Gainesville for next weekend.

The distance as the crow flies is only 80 miles but by our routes it is about 175 miles.

This part of Florida is very scenic but on the cool side in November. It could go down to freezing and as high as the low 80’s. But for biking and canoeing, temperatures in low 60’s are great.

It’s been cooler and wetter then normal so far this year, if it were not for the camping reservations we made we should of headed south sooner. It’s better to be reservation free to remain flexible but the further south you travel the harder it is to find a campsite.

Ichetucknee Springs & Paynes Prairie

We left Ocean pond early and did a lot of grocery shopping in Lake City and decided to paddle first before checking into camp at O’Leno State Park.

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We headed to the Ichetucknee River which one of the prettiest river in the state. The 72oF water is crystal clear and originates 3 miles upstream.

IbisTurtlesWSo This up & back trip is slow fighting the 3 mph current while going upstream and then an easy float back downstream. In the summer weekends this place is crowded with hundreds of tubers floating down the river and would not be a pleasant place to paddle.

IchetuckneePeggyIbisThere is abundant wildlife here, Deer, Ibis, Egrets, Great Blue Herons and hundreds of Turtles but we did not see one gator. I guess that’s good for the tubers. The river is so clear you can watch all the fish swimming by, no fishing here.

It took us 2 hours to paddle upstream and less than an hour to paddle back. There is a nice parking lot right off of US27 with a paved path to the launch area, which made it easy to roll our canoe on our light weight cart.

TurtlesIchetuckneeWe were off the river by 3 PM and had a short drive over to O’Leno State Park where we were just staying overnight.

Our next destination is Paynes Prairie State Park where check in time is 1 PM so we decided to take a bike ride that is on the Hawthorne Trail south of Gainesville, FL and on the north side of of the 22,00 acre wilderness. PaynesPrarie-LaChuaOverlook

It is interesting that they have reintroduced Bison and wild horses along all the normal FL wildlife. You and your partner will have to drag buy cheap cialis over it or probably land up with a divorce. Pooping while sitting is not the natural act and we are not designed to do so. getting prescription for viagra On the flip side, a number order cheap levitra of the factors responsible for sexual problem. The impulses from the brain and local nerves muscles relax the blood vessels attached to it first widen absorbing more blood and then dilate. like it shop viagra The place sometimes looks like a large grassy prairie and during rainy season like a series of connected lakes. This year is the wettest we have ever seen it.

Th2 12 mile ride has a few hills & hammocks that got us down to our lowest gear to speeds of over 20 mph. Lucky it was cool because I worked up a sweat on the little hills.

We enjoyed all the scenery of the trail and saw about 4 other bikers. We almost ran over an Armadillo slowly crossing the trail.

It’s an easy 5 mile roundtrip bike ride from camp to the visitor center & tower.  We did it a second time since I forgot my camera and wanted to show.

Where the Buffalo Roam.

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The picture above is from the park tower overlook in dry season.

The one below is this year which was very wet.

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Wild Horses grazing close by.WildHorses-PaynesPrairie

Tomorrow morning we will head to Inverness to see our friends Paul & Helen. It is supposed to be another rainy day, then we will head to Silver Lake.

Spending Eleven Days at Silver Lake

Horsd'oeuvres at Paul-Helen'sSunday morning we drove in the rain from Paynes Prairie to Inverness. Sunday afternoon we spent with our friends Helen & Paul Tempesta and had a great time and wonderful dinner.

We then drove to our nearby campsite at Silver Lake, Cypress Glen- site 47. We love the site since it is right on the lake and has access to the Withlacoochee River & the 46 mile long paved state bike trail. New this year they put in a new 10 mile long paved trail to Brooksville. So this gives us lots of opportunities to Paddle, Bike and hike. Now if it would only get warmer. This has been a cool Fall so far in Florida.

Here is a map of the Trails & River.

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Tuesday was cool but sunny so we decided to try the new Good Neighbor Trail that just opened 3 weeks ago. It is a ten foot wide paved trail in the middle of the state forest. We saw a Deer and a Gopher Turtle. We turned around before Brooksville making our round trip ride 19 miles long.

Tuesday afternoon we took our canoe for an easy 4-1/2 mile paddle upstream and back to the Crooked River Camp beach. Lots of turtles, heron, anhinga and a few deer.

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Our Last week in Florida

Peggy-John-TandemThe weather in Florida this year has been cool with a  lot of rain, about once a week.

On our last week at Silver Lake we got in 3 more bike rides. Thursday we finished the Good Neighbor Trail all the way to Brooksville, it was a 25 mile ride on a very nice new trail. Peggy loves the tandem because we go twice as fast as she can do on her mountain bike.

John-Peggy-CanoeCartOn Sunday we biked North toward Floral City a 30 mile round-trip ride, but didn’t quite make it, we did 26 miles total.

On Tuesday our friends Helen and Paul drove over to our campground to paddle with us. We love our nice light weight cart that helps us get the canoe from our RV to the launch site without hurting my back.

Helen-Paul-WithlacoocheeHelen took all these nice pictures on our 5  mile paddle down the Withlacoochee river.

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On  Wednesday we did another 18 mile bike ride to Trilby and back.

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We got to the airport and through the TSA lines 1-1/2 hours early, then things went into delay. Our plane was not at the gate since it got diverted to West Palm Beach because of the rain storm. Then all the flights were grounded because of the lightening storm and tornado warnings. Finally after sitting at the gate for 6 hours we finally took off for Cleveland. I thought delays only occurred from snow storms.

Holiday Party with the Family

On Saturday we celebrated our family Christmas at Joan’s home.John-Peg Holiday GiftsChristmasParty

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This is why we fly home for Christmas time, we have such a beautiful family.

First Week at Lithia Springs

We flew back to Orlando on New Years Eve morning. There were no delays and we picked up our RV at the KOA storage lot near the airport by noon.  After a lot of grocery shopping we got to the campground around 3 PM and got the last campsite, #7, available. I guess this week is a popular camping destination during the holidays.

The campsite was small and not level so on Tuesday morning we found a  site closer to the river, #30, that had just opened up. We took a few bike rides around the FishHawk Ranch trails. See this link for a map. https://bcpoa.org/FHMap.pdf  These paths are 5’ wide concrete sidewalks that mostly go through natural areas around the ponds and woods of this large housing complex. There has to be at least 30 miles of trails along with some mountain bike trails and roadside sidewalks. We biked about 40 miles on 3 rides. The paths are very curvy and slow. There is a large grocery store only 3 miles away which makes it easy to pickup more provisions.

DoorLatchThen my door lock broke. Luckily I was able to push the plunger in and get out of the RV, luckily we also have front doors so we were not trapped inside.

I got on the internet and found that this model lock fails after a few years and a new better designed lock is available. It is still made in the USA but costs about $100.

The Phoenix factory was closed for the holidays so on Wednesday morning I ordered the lock on E-Bay from RV and Auto Parts in CA. I got the lock in 1-1/2 days by USPS, fastest shipment ever. It took a while to put it in because the dead bolt mechanism interferes with the aluminum channel in the door. So after some drilling, filing and Dremel cutting, I got a slot cut in the channel and it works great.

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On Friday morning campsite #37, pictured above, opened up so we moved again since it is one of the only 5 sites that are right on the river. We like the river sites because we can get shuttled up to the put-in at Alderman’s Ford and paddle the 9 miles back down to our campsite. A friendly camper from MN, camped next to us, had a rack on his car and carried our canoe and us up to the put-in.

On 12/20 they got 7” of rain in the area and the river came up 10‘ almost flooding out these sites. The river was now back down to 500 cfs from the flood at 3500 cfs but we found it was totally blocked by large trees in two places. Peggy did not like portaging through the muddy jungle. It took us almost an hour more than it usually tales us. We were the only boat on the river that Saturday afternoon. It was nice and fast with no shallow shoals like in low water.

Our plans are to stay here until January 20th and then see if we can get a campsite at another Hillsborough County Park called EG Simmons.

I almost forgot to mention, finally we have really warm weather. See actual weather:

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