During our drive Tuesday, Gracie wouldn't settle down. She has a single back seat to herself, with a booster seat to give her some elevation. After lunch we took away the booster seat and put her dog bed on the seat, and she quickly curled up and took a nap. Live and learn. The only thing better would be if she rejects the back seat entirely; would give us a lot more storage space.
We made our way to Torreya State Park. The terrain is a surprise for Florida, a jumble of ridges and ravines. The campground is small and quiet. Hiking is the only recreation. Hurricane Michael two years ago devastated this part of Florida, stripping the leaves and many branches from the trees it didn't destroy entirely. The tree canopy is recovering, but is nothing like pictures from before.
It was forecast to drop to 48 deg. overnight, but was 55 in the morning. We took advantage of the cool morning to hike a trail over serveral sharp ridges ending at a waterfall. Yes, a Florida waterfall about 15' high. Very pretty. Gracie loved the hike. She actually stepped on a big box turtle before realizing it was alive. When it moved, she jumped a foot.
In the afternoon we drove a short distance to an ante-bellum plantation house high above the Apalachicola River and did a short hike to the ruins of a Confederate artillery battery which defended Columbus, Ga. from Union gunboats.
Before leaving home we downloaded an app which gives us a live stream of radio stations from home. But we were disappointed to learn that the Rays games are blocked by agreement with MLB.
In our car and little trailer we have a surprisingly complete household for extended living.
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