US tour - eastern states 2015

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.

fred

Ha!  Yeah pics have been scarce on the blog since internet access has been either very bad or non-existent at many of our stops.  I'm only barely online tonight.  I'll tell her you are looking for the stockade pic!  Good time at Williamsburg, we were there from open to close.

Then a night at home (laundry, oil change, resupply the camper, nice long hot showers), then on to a state park near Steamtown, then a day at Steamtown including a train ride and museum tour.  On to a state park near Niagara (4 Mile Creek, I would come here again) and a full day around the falls today.