Florida. It's freeking cold.

GAAAK we're cold.

St. Augustine ice on the street.

Frost on the cargo carrier yesterday.

All this wouldn't be a big deal. Except that it's been hard to find good places to camp at night. It's crowded, overbooked. Expensive. Not too Walmart friendly. I've had wonderful hosts, and that's been great in their driveways and in their homes. But I wanted to get out into the wilds and be spontaneous on the road. 

So it's been hard, and I have moments of wanting to chuck it and go home.

But there are moments that are completely spectacular.

Jed and Dave wrangle their new beach chairs on St. Augustine beach.

I so enjoyed hanging out with my old friends Mike, Jed and Dave. 

And watching Choochi's total joy on the beach.

And seeing the wonderful, primeval, incredible live oaks, especially the Fairchild live oak in Ormond Beach which is about 500 years old.

   

Me next to Lady Fairchild.

The car is dwarfed by these beautiful trees.

  

And a lovely palm strewn forest floor with towering oaks and palms overhead.

And the surprise of amazing variety waterfowl adjacent to a Walmart parking lot.  There is an enormous abundance of wildlife. I've seen a bald eagle, a river otter, a hawk land in Target parking lot and pileated woodpeckers on this trip.

No room at the inn tonight at my campground which I had to pay $33 for last night. Homeless for the evening. Feeling exhausted by the struggle to remain spontaneous and free to explore. I'm beginning to feel the "don't fence me in" sentiment of the regulation of where you can and cannot sleep! That is pretty rough when you think about it. That most of what we do in our lives is to create a safe place to be unconscious for eight hours.

We will persevere, for now! Stay tuned.

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