Friday August 12th 2016

It was a bright sunny day with high humidity and the temperature in the mid 90s. A typical summer day in northeast Florida.

I spent most of the morning working on the computer and telephone. I returned a few Emails and looked up more information about establishing my domicile here in Florida. Around noon I got in the car for an aimless ride. My objective on these rides is to see what I can see.

In this case I drove north to the southern edge of the Jacksonville metro area. Then I returned south on the other side of the St. Johns river. About all I saw was traffic until I was back in Green Cove Springs.

Pier in the St. Johns river from the Green Cove Springs town park.

I stopped in a small public park behind the town hall on the banks of the river. There were shady areas with benches and a pier out into the St. Johns river. I got out of my air conditioned car and sat in the park for a while. The breeze off the river made it tolerable in the shade. I don’t envy the people that work in the sun in this heat, but just sitting in the shade isn’t bad. The biggest challenge is overcoming the shock leaving the air conditioning.

Today’s wildlife sighting. The four turkeys that visit or live at the campground.

During my evening walk around the campground, I saw the turkeys again. This would seem to confirm that they are an ordinary occurrence here. While I stopped to take their picture other people just walked by.

Tomorrow I am going to try and find another natural setting to take a walk/hike. There are a couple of state or county parks south of St. Augustine near the beach.