Crystal River FL
We had a great day today – it met its promise of fresh new hope!
We had a great day today – it met its promise of fresh new hope!
We awoke to tap-tap-tapping on our roof, or so we thought. We spotted a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers enjoying the breakfast bar - a dead tree next to our camper. There is a lot of wood in our trailer and we're thankful they weren't really going after our roof!
We were able to have our site officially moved to its new location with no trouble or extra fee.
We found an RV parts store that had the replacement piece we needed. Kelly was able to fix it in about 10 minutes, at a cost of about $5. We bought an extra piece because this was not a mechanical failure – we broke it by collapsing the bathroom incorrectly. We’re sure it will happen again.
We stopped at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (http://www.floridastateparks.org/homosassasprings/default.cfm). We visited the gift shop and watched a movie, but decided this park needed a full day. They have an underwater observatory for manatees and people to watch each other, and a tram that goes into the woods for on-land exploration. We’ll keep you posted on this park
Wandering down back roads, we found a hot dog stand that called Kelly’s name. It was a good lunch and the owner seemed to know the directions to just about everywhere.
With his help, we wandered on over to a local kayak outfitter. He had a nice boat launch behind his store that he said we could use for free. Basically, all we had to do was paddle down his little channel and hang a right. He sold us a marine map of the area and a cool little trolley to help us haul our kayaks from the truck to the water.
Our next leg of wandering down odd roads led us to a nuclear power plant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_River_3_Nuclear_Power_Plant). At the time, we thought this was a good idea. We’d heard that manatees like the warm water put out by these power plants, so we thought we might go look at some. To get to it, we turned down a paved two-lane road. It must have been near a shift change because there was a lot of traffic, moving very quickly, in both directions. They had a big guarded gate at the power plant. They were searching every vehicle – looking under the hoods, peering underneath with mirrors, and looking into tool boxes in the backs of trucks. Our truck was fully loaded – both kayaks on a rack, two big gear boxes, two bikes, a propane tank, a folding ladder, and a BBQ grill in the bed. Behind our seats, we had stored boxes, paddles, lunch boxes, coats, and general junk. The guards did not look happy to see us coming. We were informed, ever so politely, that there were no manatees to see at this location. And, no, they did not know where we could go to see some. They stopped traffic in both directions so we could turn around and head out. I saw lots of dirt roads crossing ours, but Kelly refused to turn on any of them.
We were able to have our site officially moved to its new location with no trouble or extra fee.
We found an RV parts store that had the replacement piece we needed. Kelly was able to fix it in about 10 minutes, at a cost of about $5. We bought an extra piece because this was not a mechanical failure – we broke it by collapsing the bathroom incorrectly. We’re sure it will happen again.
We stopped at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (http://www.floridastateparks.org/homosassasprings/default.cfm). We visited the gift shop and watched a movie, but decided this park needed a full day. They have an underwater observatory for manatees and people to watch each other, and a tram that goes into the woods for on-land exploration. We’ll keep you posted on this park
Wandering down back roads, we found a hot dog stand that called Kelly’s name. It was a good lunch and the owner seemed to know the directions to just about everywhere.
With his help, we wandered on over to a local kayak outfitter. He had a nice boat launch behind his store that he said we could use for free. Basically, all we had to do was paddle down his little channel and hang a right. He sold us a marine map of the area and a cool little trolley to help us haul our kayaks from the truck to the water.
Our next leg of wandering down odd roads led us to a nuclear power plant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_River_3_Nuclear_Power_Plant). At the time, we thought this was a good idea. We’d heard that manatees like the warm water put out by these power plants, so we thought we might go look at some. To get to it, we turned down a paved two-lane road. It must have been near a shift change because there was a lot of traffic, moving very quickly, in both directions. They had a big guarded gate at the power plant. They were searching every vehicle – looking under the hoods, peering underneath with mirrors, and looking into tool boxes in the backs of trucks. Our truck was fully loaded – both kayaks on a rack, two big gear boxes, two bikes, a propane tank, a folding ladder, and a BBQ grill in the bed. Behind our seats, we had stored boxes, paddles, lunch boxes, coats, and general junk. The guards did not look happy to see us coming. We were informed, ever so politely, that there were no manatees to see at this location. And, no, they did not know where we could go to see some. They stopped traffic in both directions so we could turn around and head out. I saw lots of dirt roads crossing ours, but Kelly refused to turn on any of them.
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