Arrival in Florida

Day 3 (Wednesday) took us from southern Georgia, past Jacksonville and Tallahassee, and to our first destination: Grayton Beach State Park.  Interstate 10 is flat and mostly straight, through farms and forests, a rather dull ride.  We turned south at DeFuniak Springs, heading to the park which is about midway between Panama City and Pensacola.  

The change in time zone threw us off a bit, so after grilling chicken for dinner we headed in early and were asleep shortly after 9!

As the weather report said, a front came through during the night, dropping some rain and bringing wind and cooler temperatures.  The high for the next few days is supposed to be in the upper 60's, still not bad for early March.  

Ranger and I were up early for a walk.  The campground is on the inland side of Western Lake; beyond the lake are the sand dunes and then the Gulf of Mexico.  

As I type this, it looks like the clouds are breaking up, so it should be a good day to start exploring this area.  There's only one hiking trail, but there are bike trails along Route 30A which runs parallel to the Gulf and you can rent canoes to go out on the lake.