A couple of days in the Keys

Five months ago, in June, we went camping at Bahia Honda State Park in the lower Keys, I had read several travel reviews on Bahia Honda, some good and some bad- our own experiences were, for the most part, quite good. After a four-hour-plus drive, we arrived at the Park and began setting up our camp. One of the reviews I'd read mentioned encountering rather aggressive raccoons (ever see John Candy in "The Great Outdoors") so we had planned on keeping everything inside the Jeep overnight. we did have a pretty good thunderstorm with quite a bit of wind and a little rain, but I think the raccoons stayed safely tucked in somewhere, as we saw no sign whatsoever of any critters.
We plan to return to the keys again on October 8th, again, just overnight, but this time we should be a bit more prepared. It has still been hot during the days and quite warm at night, I hope by the time we are camping it will have cooled a bit. If not I just might pack along a window AC unit for our tent!
This coming weekend I am again going down to the Keys camping, this time I will be taking the Indian River canoe I bought, and I will be using it to snorkel and fish the famous "Flats" of the Florida Keys. Even if I don"t catch anything it should be a nice experience.
The Weather is supposed to cooperate - highs of 82 and 83 degrees and lows of 75 & 76, this time with sunny skies. hope to have more to post afterward, maybe with photos this time.

Friday afternoons

Once a month we travel a couple of hours to Orlando and spend the evening at the Temple. We always leave refreshed, recharged, and often reflective on the thoughts and feelings we've had. frequently these trips include a hotel stay and a day at Disney or Sea World (we have annual passes for both), and this has become our version of a "Date Night". We still ocassionally go out to dinner or a show in Port St. Lucie, but it has become less frequent, possibly because there are so few movies coming out that we are interested in seeing. I find some of the comments from friends and acquaintances' on the various movies they have seen to be rather disturbing - simply put- is this a movie that I would want to be seen coming out of by the Savior?

Seasonal Afternoon Thunderstorms

Here, in Southern Florida we frequently have summer afternoon thunderstorms - annoying things that develop in the afternoon from the convection currents of the warm, humid landscape. While they frequently interrupt plans, and occasionally dampen spirits, they do a decent job of watering what passes for lawn (mostly barely controlled weeds and undergrowth).

I was rather dismayed recently when I checked a friend’s blog, only to discover that the only things he had posted were the meaningless, petty things that irritated him and in great detail. With his job, I had thought he would have many insightful and interesting things to post. But, alas, a blog is really only written for the writer, anyone else is just an observer.

However, I did decide that this blog would be more of an introverted view (or perhaps his really is too?)