We've Arrived

As we planned this trip people asked us where we were going.  My response was that we were heading south until we hit the ocean and deciding whether to turn left or right.  Well yesterday we hit it and made a left and arrived at Grayton Beach State Park in the Florida panhandle.  You can see the view out our windshield.  The view is lovely, the weather is perfect (high 60's during the day, cooling down to good sleeping temp at night) and we're here for 4, yes, count them, 4 whole nights!  Yippee.  I'm not sure who is happier, me or the cats.

Happy Norton

We only had 30 miles to drive to get here yesterday but we got a late start when Beanie (aka Scaredy Cat) managed to get past the obstacles blocking the opening and was under the bed in the big slide.  We can't reach him there and if we tried to bring the slide in with him there he could be crushed.  We spent many minutes tempting him out with his favorite treats much to our frustration.  We need a better plan to keep him from outsmarting us again.  We finally pulled out about 11:15 and took a slight detour to a nearby RV service place to pick their minds on our hot water heater.  We think we 've isolated the problem, and we're willing to tackle the repair ourselves, but if they had offered to do it right away for $100 we would have indulged them.  It was not to be.  We would have to leave the rig, stay in the nearby hotel and wait for a part.  So today we (hopefully) remove and repair the check-valve on the water heater.  Stay tuned!

So we got to the park about 1pm and found our site.  The sites are designed for backing into, but we have no window in the back so we like to pull in.  It is squeezy site with a tight, brushy opening, not completely level and a narrow road.  All that is our excuse for spending about an hour and a half  just getting in and lined up and set up.  I'm not sure we'll ever get out, but that's Saturday's problem.  It is lovely, just steps from the water.  

Chuck squeezed into Site 10

After all our hard work getting situated, we needed a good dinner out and found a wonderful Italian restaurant with a great wine list, fun people and excellent food.    Once again we over-ordered, over-drank and brought home leftovers.  Cornmeal-encrusted calamari, meatballs on creamy, cheesy polenta, mushroom ravioli and those were just the appetizers.  Entrees never made it onto the plate, we had them box up the 3-Meat Bolognese on Cheese Tortellini and Veal Picatta.  Those will be our reward when we get the hot water running.

Calamari

Scallops

Four wonderful days in one place!  We've gone shopping and stocked up on groceries, the cat toys came out, the toaster and induction burner came out, we cooked a hot breakfast in our rig and the only white stuff is sand!

Enjoying the view from our waterfront