On To Alexander Springs

Friday November 15, 2013

camping site at Astor Park RV in Astor FL

Woke to rain, but we're used to that, right?  It was a little chilly overnight but being in an enclosed camper kept the chill out.  I slept really well.  The mattress is memory foam and it felt great.  The RV is the perfect size for the 2 of us.  While drinking our morning coffee, we made tentative travel plans for the next 2 weeks or so, then a shopping list.  We checked with our Garmin and found the nearest Walmart was about 25 miles away.  We headed in that direction about 10:00.  Once we got there the GPS routed us completely in the opposite direction of the Walmart parking lot (not that we could see the Walmart sign, but once we were in a residental section of town and going toward a dead-end we were pretty sure we were not going in the right direction!)  Eventually we made it to Walmart and got everything on our list plus a few extra things "just in case".  We ate lunch in the RV then headed to Alexander Springs.
Arrived at Alexander Springs at 4:00pm and found out since it is a National Forest they accept the National Park Senior pass so we got 50% off the rate for camping!!!!!  Yeah to Greg for being over 60!  The campground was wooded with really nice private spots.  Clean restrooms with showers.  Bike trails and a spring-fed lake for swimming.  There was no electric, sewer, or cable hookups so we ran the lights off the battery and only cranked up the generator once.  We're pretty used to back woods camping so this was easy.  It was raining when we pulled into camp and let me tell you how wonderful it is to NOT have to set up a tent in the rain!!!  All we did was take the bikes off the bike rack and push a button to let the slide-outs out and wah-lah.... we were ready to camp!!!  Before it got too dark we rode our bikes to the lake to check out the possibility of snorkeling.  It started raining really hard just as we got back to camp.  I had forgotten what it's like to be in rain that is WARM.  For dinner we grilled hamburgers on our small butane grill outside and had baked beans.  The sound of the rain on the roof-top made for a wonderful white noise for sleeping.