Earlier today, and I dont know why but this always makes me laugh.
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And theres nothing interesting about this spot, I just pulled over at a hole in
the wall campsite
to rest so I could get an early start tomorrow for the Opalachicola National
Forest, but what is
cool about it is that it is almost live....Im in the middle of nowhere
connected to the internet.
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But theres a quarry, maybe Ill go swimming in the morning and thatll make me
think ths place is
more interesting.
Itll pick up soon! I spent thelast couple of days with some of my best friends
and I always forget
to post while I with them, or even think about what I might post.
-------------------March 19------------------------
Ponce De leon, Florida
As I was starting out on a new day on the road, I realized this place reminded me of a childhood haunt. A place where, for 2 dollars you could swim all day and go down what, to a five year old seemed like the biggest water slide on Earth.
So my whole family would load up and head to Cherokee beach. Where the owners would give us kids a buck for collecting a 20 oz cup full of cigarette butts(everyone in Alabama smokes) ....and a buck went a long way back then. For a dollar I could get a corn dog,a coke AND play a game of pool, and if you could catch the balls before they went down into the hole you could entertain yourself for a long time..
Speaking of how far a dollar would go back then, I can remember getting my allowance on Friday, one dollar, which was more than the rest of the neighborhood kids got back then(it was a poor neighborhood but we didnt know), and Id sneak down to the store and spend every cent on candy....big gumballs, jolly ranchers, lik'm aids, sweet tarts, pixie stix, and those wax sticks with sugar water inside.
That was a day the whole neighborhood looked forward to because I always shared with everyone. Id dump that bag of candy on the ground in the center of our circle and we would feast before playing one of our favorite games until our Moms made us come in for the night.
Passing this place I couldnt help but think who on Earth would get their haircut THERE? I mean there was more rust on that building than anything else.
So, of course, I stopped. And I got the best 10 dollar hair cut ever as well as a little of the town gossip and friendly service from a woman that just didnt care what the building looked like. But then again if it hadnt been so bad I probably wouldnt have stopped:)
------------------- March 20-24 ------------------------
Just a shelter I passed and stopped to see if Art 4 Critters could help them but no one was around....so onward I go.
Hey Diana!
(c)Looking for a background for one of my crows...he would look good sitting on this post, huh?
Oppalachicola Forest, and Im sure I am not spelling that right, but theres more mosquitoes there than anywhere I have ever been before.
And man do people look at you funny when you buy a donut and start taking pictures of it. I mean its not like I did it nude or anything...Ill save that for next time:)
An old Mercury(c)....get used to these, I stop a hundred times to photograph old cars on my way cross country
And thats Murphy. He prefers to be called the Murphinator or Sir Murphsalot, or just plain ole Murph, but he will answer to anyone with a friendly voice.
Sadly this will be his last trip. He has congestive heart failure Im doing everything I can to stretch it out and let him stick around comfortably for a little while longer.
This is his fourth big trip, and he has logged in over 300,000 miles with me as he swam in 2 oceans, played in 6 national forests, dozens of state forest and at least 100 county parks from Orlando to Seattle, and caught over 16.2 BILLION frisbees, sticks, and tennis balls and brought two of them back.
Im going to miss him terribly.
But for now we are just taking the back roads so he can hang his head out the window anytime he wants.
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