Friday, March 22, 2019
We have started our slow journey home and are in Savannah, Georgia, for a few days.
This is the view out our back window. Not one of our best or worst.
But the lake the campground backs up to is a bird sanctuary. We got here at 1 pm today and I already have these photos.
Swans.
I think these two were sleeping. I couldn’t tell what they were.
A turtle and an anhinga.
Another swan.
There are more swans here than I’ve ever seen in one place. This is either one of their wintering grounds or a stop on their migration route.
I last wrote from Pensacola, Florida. When we left there, we drove through Panama City. It is still suffering from the damage from Hurricane Michael in October of last year. The streets are cleared, utilities seem to be restored, and stores that suffered minimal damage are open. There is still debris everywhere. It looks like they are concentrating on repairing what can be repaired before clearing away structures that can’t be repaired. Here are a few photos.
The trees were broken off at 6 or 7 feet. Miles of them.
Our next camp was at Eastpoint, Florida. Steve managed another ocean view.
This was south of where the hurricane came ashore and there wasn’t much damage that hadn’t been cleaned up. We enjoyed the view for a few days and then moved on to Manatee Springs State Park.
No water view here. This is the view from our window.
But the wild life showed up. Deer regularly walked past the campsite and a squirrel entertained us from a tree knothole.
We even saw a wild turkey.
What we didn’t see were manatees. It had rained so much upstream that the water was high and muddy around the spring. We were assured that there were manatees there, but we couldn’t see them.
Then it was on to Disney World and catching up with Natasha’s family. We love staying at the Fort Wilderness Campground at Disney World. It’s very peaceful and seems less hectic than staying at one of the hotels. Natasha’s family stayed at the conference hotel and we met up with them daily.
Maria got to be in the Lion King show.
When Natasha’s family isn’t with us at Disney, we take it easy. We check out which days are the slow days (usually Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday), hit a park, have a meal at one of the restaurants we like and ride a few rides.
Here’s one of the sunsets we enjoyed at Hollywood Studios.
We also had a visit from friends from Indiana, Travis, Kris and Claire. They are crazy about Disney, too, and our visits overlap from time to time. And met up with Chris, who I used to work with.
After Disney was a Belter family reunion in The Villages, Florida. There were 30 people who came in to celebrate Uncle Eep’s 90th birthday. All of his children made it and some of the grandkids and great grandkids.
We’ve done a lot of visiting this trip; lots of relatives, friends from work and friends from our Alaska trip. We’ll spend a few days here in Savannah and then head up the coast on our way to New Bern, North Carolina. From there, we’ll head west toward home and be home by Easter.
Thanks to all of you who keep reading my infrequent blog.
Deb
