Wednesday January 3rd 2024

There was less than 3 hours of sunshine today. The day began cloudy with the temperature around fifty. Without any help from the sun the inside temperature in my RV home was slow to rise. The sun didn’t make an appearance until after the lunch hour. The temperature quickly climbed to the seventy degree mark, but by 4PM the clouds associated with the next cold front had arrived. Shortly after 7:30 in the evening light rain started to fall. The forecast calls for rain all night.

During the three hours of sunshine I took my longest hike of my stay so far. I didn’t cover any new ground, but rather did the entire south bank trails along the river in one session. The wildlife wasn’t as cooperative today. There were fewer turtles taking in the limited sun and I didn’t see any alligators on this walk. Today seemed to be the day for domesticated animals. Every other group I met on the trail seemed to have a dog or two. I saw everything from a little Yorkie to a Doberman.

There continues to be a lot of turnover in the campground. It looks like the volume of turn over from Monday and Tuesday continued today. Once again most of the sites were full by evening. There seems to be something different about the campground occupancy this winter. I think there are more short term stays this year. That might mean fewer people succeeded in getting long reservations on the first day of availability, which was my experience.