{"id":68,"date":"2021-12-29T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themuellerfamily.org\/htr\/?p=68"},"modified":"2022-03-03T19:12:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T19:12:36","slug":"florida-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themuellerfamily.org\/htr\/2021\/12\/29\/florida-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida – Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 29, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazy morning! Although we went to bed early we both slept in. For me that was 6:30 am and for Frank 8 am. Hopefully as we camp more I will stop waking up so early. Then we got up and had our first shower in the motor home. We were both pleasantly surprised. The RV we had when our kids were young had a 6 gallon hot water tank which meant you got wet, turned off the water, soaped up, turned on the water, rinsed and wet hair, turned off the water, shampoo in the hair, turned on the water and rinsed. You could barely turn around and the shower head was horrible and if you were lucky maybe two people could get a quick shower without running out of hot water. This RV has a 10 gallon water heater, the shower is much bigger and has an incredible shower head. Both of us were able to take a normal 5 minute shower each and still had hot water left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then it was time to dump the tanks for the first time on the trip and to make sure we have extra water in case we have to dry camp tonight, for you non-rv people that means finding a place at a rest stop, store or restaurant to sleep with no hook-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With sleeping late and taking time for showers and dumping the RV we didn\u2019t leave the campground until 10 am. Once we hit the road I looked up a list of campgrounds in the Tallahassee area. Luckily the first one I called had a spot for us so no dry camping today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we visited Torreya State Park for our lunch break. It was off the beaten route by about 15 miles and we had to travel up some two lane roads with very little shoulder. When you have a wide motorhome that is a bit nerve wracking, but it was worth the drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spanish Moss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Torreya State Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spanish Moss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Torreya State Park overlooks the Apalachicola River and from it you can view the Appalachian Mountains of Georgia. Amazing views of the river, mountains and trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Appalachian Mountains of Georgia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Apalachicola River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It rained today but was only sprinkling off and on while we were there. We wanted to go on a hike down to see the Confederate Civil War batteries they had set up to guard the river from the approaching Yankees to try to keep them out of Florida. We started down but with the rain the ground was a bit slick. Found a walking stick at the visitor\u2019s center and shared it as we returned to finish our hiking adventure. Frank has one at home and we will make sure both come with us for future trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Confederate War Batteries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Confederate War Batteries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Confederate War Batteries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We forgot while we were hiking down the half mile we would have to hike back up a half mile. But we made it and after our hike we sat and enjoyed the view a bit before heading back to the RV and driving a short way down the road to a picnic area. Enjoyed lunch there before heading back to I10 and our campground for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Torreya State Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Diane enjoying her hike downhill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Frank hiking downhill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Frank starting back up the hill after the hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mushroom growing on fallen trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Giant Mushrooms growing on fallen trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We only had a short 90 minute drive to our campground just East of Tallahassee. With the time change to Eastern Time we checked in about 4:30 pm so a pretty short day. Another campground on the freeway but with lots of trees so we didn\u2019t notice the freeway noise like we had at our previous campground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight we were exhausted after our long hike so just zapped some frozen food and relaxed with a game of Triminoes (a more complicated versus of Dominoes). Then we were ready for bed by 8:30 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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