Panhandle

We finally got on the road on Tuesday.  We  picked my car up in St Pete from Corner Garage Saturday and Big Bob got the motor home plumbing problem fixed on Sunday.  No back-up camera yet. Let me say again how odd it is for us to pay to have a car fixed and how much I hated writing that check.  

The Road Trip

As we do, whenever we can. we travel the road least traveled and did it pay off!  It was the most picturesque road trip yet.  We took cr129 to I-10 and then across the state.  We passed through 17 counties: Citrus, of course, Levy, Gilchrist, Suwannee, Madison, Jefferson, Leon, Gadsden, Jackson, Holmes, Okhaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington, Escombia, Taylor, and Dixie Counties.  The roadscapes  were beautiful.

Even I-10 was a pleasant ride, scenery was nice.

and there are hills.

It's hard to get pictures of anything, let alone wild flowers when you are zooming by at 70 mph.

Even though they had repaved part of the pavement, they did it the right way, not the way it is on the Veterans or the other interstate systems.   They paved to the center line only so no uneven payment to drive on.

We passed so many different types of farms:  vegetables, plants, trees, goats, horses, dairies, and a beef farm (that's what their sign said.)  In those small little towns that have been there forever, we saw unique buildings and quint churches.

And there were some of the longest trains I've ever seen.  All over 1/2 mile, closer to 1, I think.

Suwannee River State Park

We broke the trip into two days and stayed the first night at the Suwanee River State Park. The day we left Homosassa, my horoscope said "too little planning will end up in regret"  Anyone who knows me, knows what a planner I am (even over the edge at times).  I am always prepared for anything and everything.  But I still went back and checked everything and  brought more clothes, money and food and even an extra set of keys. What could I  be forgetting?  Nothing  But alas when we we got to the park I knew, it was our bicycles. Because the three week trip I had planned to see the panhandle and Delaney had to be shortened down to 5 days, we didn't bother to tow but that meant no transportation inside the park either so we were only able to see the park where we were able to walk to. So definitely another trip is a must. 

It is very peaceful there. The campsites are very private and even though the bath house is not air conditioned, there are huge fans that keep it comfortable.

Click here for the rest of the trip and our Visit with the newly weds