Friday July 21st 2023

The temperature made it into the triple digits at some areas around here today. There was also a stronger breeze out of the west most of the day. The result was a slightly more comfortable day outside even with the higher air temperature. The chance of rain is a little higher, but I doubt it will happen before the middle of the night if at all.

Today was a bit of a traffic frustration day. I am located very close to the Jacksonville International Airport. If I turn left at from the RV park gate I can end up in the airport. This afternoon I decided it would be an interesting tour. The Vice President of the United States had a similar thought. I got into the airport area just before she landed at the airport. There was a police car of one variety or another at every intersection and wide spot in the road. They only had one road actually closed, but traffic was moving at a snails pace. I never saw an actual motorcade. Based on news coverage this evening, I managed to get out of the airport area before her plane actually landed.

From the airport I drove out to Cedar Point to spend a few minutes along the shores of the Nassau River tributaries. The tide level was a little higher than during my last visit, but the fiddler crabs were still active along the shore. Today there was only one Egret in the area looking searching for lunch.

The RV park is filling up a little for the weekend. Most of the afternoon I saw RVs arriving in the park. It didn’t click right away that it was the weekend. On my evening walk I read the weekend activity display board and I realized the weekend was upon us.