Strange and Wonderful Times of the South

It has been a few weeks since we decided to leave the trail and begin the final stage of our journey. We had only the faintest idea of what we needed to do next; this was the plan:

1. hugs in Savannah   

2. get to our car in Nocatee (about 8 car hours away)

3. do some stuff in Florida for some undetermined chunk of time

4. leave Florida and start heading back to PDX

We have arrived at step 4 today! Hello Mobile, Alabama!

Tomorrow we will spend the day in New Orleans which is a new city for both of us. :)



Step 3 solidified into us mentally transitioning back to civilization from a year of living outdoors as much as we could. We've had motel stays with internet coupled with some car camping. We find that we sleep much better and longer out in the open. In the motel, we tend to stay up late to soak up much internet.

We've had to make many compromises over how to spend our time. Goodness tends to get uncomfortable when there is no plan for the day, while Zm does just fine by the seat of her skirt. We have been inclined to make multi-day commitments to alleviate the stress of figuring out what to do next.

The biggest magic was a nice combination of Goodness' extroversion and Zm's research: Two nights camping on the beach in Canaveral National Seashore. The water was perfect: mildly bracing in the morning, then soothing during the midday heat. Most of the time we relaxed inside our well ventilated tent, keeping out of the intense sunlight. The mornings had mild wind, and a wonderful ocean breeze picked up in the afternoon to help keep us cool. When we weren't in the tent we were probably in the water.





GOODNESS:
"I wanted to end the trip right there. It was such an awesome time, that I wanted to keep that moment frozen in time as the official end of the trip."