The day dawned bright clear and warm. This was first day it has been sunny AND warm, even wore my shorts! An ideal day to head off and explore the beaches.
We headed south towards Weeki Wachee where there was a state park with a lot of activities plus a couple of beaches we had been told about. The temperature was 19c and rising. We headed to the beaches first, life was good, what could go wrong?
As we drove down the beach road there appeared to be smoke in the distance, as we got closer it looked more like a cloud formation, as we got even closer it turned out to be a fog bank. At the beach it was thick fog blowing in off the Gulf of Mexico and the temperature had dropped to 13c. Not particularly good weather for beach walking. We figured the fog would burn off in an hour or so, so we headed back to the state park. The parking lot was pretty empty, so we figured we’d have no problems with crowds. Of course the other explanation for an empty parking lot was that the place was closed. The second explanation was the correct one. After her recent faux pas in directing us to a flea market that was closed, followed by this one left me no option but to put my navigator on probation. I would have fired her, but would mean I’d have to navigate myself…. not a sensible solution.
We headed back to the beach, hoping the fog had burned off, in fact it had intensified and the temperature was down to 12c. Following an outdoor lunch we headed back to the truck for warmth. On the way home we passed another park at Chassahowitzka (where do they find these names). Here our luck changed, we went down to the river and saw 4 manatee in a natural habitat, some wood stork and cormorant.
On the way back to the campsite we passed a small bakery / donut store so stopped for a consolation snack. If this guy were to bring his donuts to Canada Timmies would be given a run for their money.!
Back at the trailer it was 21c, so time to sit outside and soak up some rays.