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    Posted: 13 Jul 2015 at 10:52am
Doug, please be sure to let us know if any miracles turn up on the fridge temperature sensor...?
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Not too hot, and no problems with mosquitos.  We did load up on the sunscreen and bug spray when we did the Wooten's tours, but even back at the campsite after taking showers (so no bug spray) I had no problems with bugs.  Now on the way up to Charleston we hit 104 yesterday and it sounds like Florida got up to about the same temps.  Didn't go to Shark Valley.  Oh, and fridge is down to 34 as I write this so i hope that holds.  Gotta run, the computer battery is low.
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Sounds like you're having a great time Doug! Gorilla Tape - never leave home without it. Good tip on the white. I've only been carrying the black.

So you really did do the Everglades in July?! Wow, you are a brave group! Skeeters didn't have toll booths setup along Tamiami Trail (41)? Not surprised you had campground to yourself!

Did you get to Shark Valley? Airboat thing is fun, especially for kids like you and me. At Billy Swamp Safari you can watch the alligator wrestle. Is kinda depressing cuz the alligator wrestler only has four teeth and the gator two.

Stop beating your head against the wall. Don't want to hurt the wall!

Keep on keeping on. By the time you get back crab prices should be coming down.

Have fun!

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I'm baaack.  Before I forget, here is my wife's blog, which includes posts from the last 2 year's trips.  With very limited internet access over the last week there aren't any pics yet, and only a few posts for this trip:  http://gaede4inthepod.blogspot.com

We had a great trip down to the Everglades and back.  We took an air boat ride (great) and swamp buggy tour (meh).  We literally had the campground to ourselves the 2nd night - Midway campground run by the NPS.  No more idiots on the highway.  Just an idiot in the driver seat, more on that in a bit.

We made our way up to Little Talbot Island State Park east of Jacksonville.  Very neat place, lots of seclusion between sites, definitely want to go back again.  Just watch out for the killer branches.  Until now I've always had my girls spot me as I backed into our campsites, but this time it was a pull-through and it looked like I had a ton of room.  But I needed another inch or two on the left side apparently since a branch drug down most of the left side leaving a long dent and then caught on the rear corner trim and ripped a whole section of siding off of the back wall.  Yeah, not a happy Doug.  I spent some time banging it back into shape and doing a temporary duct tape fix.  Today I got a roll of white Gorilla tape (after hearing about it for years) and I'm sold, I will never be without it.  Super sticky, very thick.  Covered up all of the open edges nicely and I'm not worried about water intrusion or it ripping off on the highway.  When I get home I'm going to have to look up RV siding and corner trim and I'm sure it will be most of a Saturday getting the rear wall back in shape.  Not hard, just will take some time.  Excuse me while I beat my head on the nearest wall.  Oh, and we've had problems with our fridge.  The freezer is staying very cold, down to 12 F, but the fridge got up to near 60 at one point.  Deja-vu, same as last year.  Let me beat my head on that wall again.  I think the problem has been with the temperature sensor and I've been playing around with it.  Tonight I finally saw it down to 38-40 so I think I'm on the right track.  I also fixed the baffle behind the fridge since it was falling apart.

Don't get me wrong, we are having a great trip.  Tomorrow we are off to see Magnolia Gardens and Fort Sumter in Charleston.
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When in Boston be sure to pak your caa in havad yad and go to the baa to have a bea.
Oh ya enjoy dim lobsta's

From a true Bostonian  
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jul 2015 at 11:47am
Don't mean to hijack Doug's adventure, but this is how I like spending a holiday in Boston...or Maine or NH or VT or anywhere! $11.99 a pound for 2 pounders!
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Love Boston, the only place where being a wicked pissa is a good thing!
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jul 2015 at 10:43am
Originally posted by Leo B

other driving tips : in Boston expect to get lost. They usually throw up a detour just to make driving interesting.

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That is so true! After spending 25 years in South Florida where every street, avenue or terrace runs due N, S, E or W; I find driving around Boston impossible! I think it comes from turning every cow path into a highway!

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Doug. While you are up that way if you need any translations give me a yell I grew up in Massachusetts. Things like
Park tha kar etc
other driving tips : in Boston expect to get lost. They usually throw up a detour just to make driving interesting.
When driving in the rotary or the round-about as they call them in Vermont. Just aim at the nicest car as you enter they will usually back off!
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