Beverly Beach Camptown Resort
Beverly Beach,... (gotcha!)... Florida:
One day - three states. Didn't drive far either. (An explanation for
non-Oregonians, we have a Beverly Beach in Oregon, too.) I don't know if you
checked my journal late last night, but we had a doozy of a thunderstorm and
rivers of rain. Everything was just soggy and the campground was a mess with
leaves and branches and puddles. I was out early to go to the nearby post
office and saw crews working near the campground entrance. A tree had been
struck by lightning and it had split in 3 or 4 pieces and the workers were
already cleaning it up. It was quite a memorable experience last night! We
had no damage, except everything seemed so damp. Our cabinet doors are now
difficult to close - they have swollen so much in the humidity. It was so
hot and humid this morning, even my runner couldn't cool-off after his run.
He asked for the air conditioner - possibly a first - EVER! Poor
Doodle Dawg is walking around panting, with his tongue hanging out.
And so, we left South Carolina. We really enjoyed the Carolinas - beautiful,
beautiful country, nice people, good food, interesting history and
architecture. Terrible drivers, though. We entered Georgia (again). "Welcome
to Georgia and thank you for having Georgia on your Mind". What? It was just
so awful, especially if you looked back at the beautiful, palm-filled
interstate island with a dignified sign reading "Welcome to South Carolina".
I was looking for Ray Charles at the next rest stop.
After leaving the Low-Country of South Carolina and Georgia (read that
SWAMP), we are looking forward to the even lower country of Florida. (The
highest point in Florida is 345 feet and that is on the far west border.)
Finally, we had sun! We entered the state on I-95, but cut-over to the
"Avenue That's Known as A-1-A" north of Jacksonville, and followed the coast
south. We stopped at a beach and drove through the pretty town of St.
Augustine - home of the Fountain of Youth, and finally stopped at a
campground north of Daytona Beach. We are camped, parked head-in, on the
beach! We pulled in and saw a group of dolphins swimming and jumping in the
ocean in front of our campsite! Welcome to Florida!
RV Park:
Beverly Beach
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