And we're OFF!

Battening down the hatches for seven months took a little longer than we had anticipated. We had made a couple of trips to the trailer to stow things away, but those last minute preps still take so much time! We decided to totally clean out the fridge and discard anything we couldn't use on the trip. After cleaning the interior, we set the temps at their highest allowable settings. If there is a power outage due to a hurricane, no worries!

As we embarked on our journey, I popped Willie's 'On the Road Again' CD into the player, thanks Adra and Bill, and we had fun singing along to it and just being silly, well, at least I did. Mike always laughs when I sing along to the radio and tells me not to quit my day job. ;)

We were relieved to see that the Memorial Day traffic was not as bad as we had expected. Cruising along, making great time until about 35 miles into trip, we came to a screeching halt! We could see the traffic ahead of us, bumper to bumper for as far as the eye could see. Mike assumed the tie-up had something to do with the billowing smoke we could see in the distance...looked like a bad grass fire. Sure enough, I-95 was closed in BOTH directions near Palm City.

The grass fire delayed us by about an hour, but we finally made it to Sebastian Inlet SP around 7pm. It is a lovely park situated on a barrier island between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic. A beautiful sunset against towering thunderheads over the Atlantic Ocean greeted us as we approached our campsite. Mike made a perfect 10-point back in positioning of the Chalet. I told you he was GOOD!

Hungry swarms of mosquitoes were lying in wait for us unsuspecting souls since we had had the misfortune of arriving just at dusk, their dinnertime! Backwoods Off to the rescue! I was horrified to see three of these little blood-suckers alight on Mike's back and start feeding through his shirt! Quickly, we decided that we would complete the campsite set-up in the morning! Electricity and water hook-ups would be all that was accomplished for this evening!

After a dinner of leftover grilled lamb ribs, we retired early. First travel days are always LONG ones. Glad the drive was relatively short!

The new Vornado air mover fan is working like a charm! The Airstream A/C never gets the bedroom cool unless you have a fan to help out. We found this little gem at Costco for $30. It is lightweight, compact and does a great job! I got cold during the night and had to turn it off, a rare occurrence, indeed!

So far, all systems are go and everything is in working order, so we're off to explore!