Sunday December 3rd 2023

The day started out foggy and progressed to a cloudy but bright day before heading down hill again. The common element was high humidity. The temperature was in the low eighties during the best part of the day.

This was a travel day. I didn’t get as much of the travel preparations completed yesterday as I typically try to accomplish. As a result this was a busy morning. I worked steadily to complete all the tasks to depart Jetty Park around the noon checkout. As it turns out I was off my site by checkout, but departed the campground fifteen to twenty minutes later. There was a wait at the dump station.

The drive into the center of the peninsular started with a stop for gas. Once again I guessed wrong when I arrived two weeks ago. Gas prices at that time were under three dollars a gallon. I thought they would be even lower by today. I was wrong. The gas price roller coaster was at a high point of $3.15 a gallon. One hundred and sixty dollars and fifteen to twenty more minutes later I was on my way.

Traffic was light on the back country roads between Cocoa and St. Cloud. I made good time on that part of the drive, but the middle section of the drive through St. Cloud and Kissimmee was slow. Once again I became familiar with every traffic light along the twenty mile stretch of road. I only had one hard stop along the way. Considering that I left a half full tumbler of water on my kitchen counter that’s a good thing. My luck held and it didn’t spill.

I arrived at Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont Florida around 3PM just in time for the rain shower. It was dry all the way across the state. As I approached the state park black clouds were in the sky over the area. The ten minute shower managed to get me nice and wet set up. A second and third brief showers followed about every hour.

I’ll be at Lake Louisa State Park for the next two weeks. This is my second stop on my winter of two week stays in Florida State Parks.