Feb.15 - Fri.

It was a short jaunt to our next campsite - just 77 miles, Blackwater St. Park in Holt,Fl. We stayed here last year and "lo & behold" we were assigned to the very same site, it was a nice day, in the 60's. in fact we finally put our winter coats, which we left home in, packed away in our car. We went for a short bike ride in the park. Last year we were able to walk across a bridge to a sandy beach area, but this year because of "Sandy", the water is so high the bridge was under water! But the campground was filled.

Feb.16 - sat.

Woke to another nice, clear day. Our next stop was about 3-4 hours away, about 212 miles, in Sneads,Fl. Three Rivers St.Park. We arrived early afternoon & no one was at the park office to check us in until 4:00 , but Richard had called to reserve us a spot several mts ago, & we had a conf.# & a site #, luckily because the park was filled. After we got all hooked up, we checked to find a church with a Sat. Evening mass. The closest to us was in Marianna,Fl. About 24 miles away. It was a 5:00 mass. It was 2:30 , but we decided to go early being that we had no idea where the church was. We found the church without any problem, thanks to our iPad. It was a very nice,very small church. Needless to say we were the first ones there. Well ----- after church it was dark out & I didn't know how to get the directions back on the iPad to reverse them. We had to go on memory which at our age is not an easy task. We knew the main road we took there, but didn't remember the street we turned from. Richard thought there was a bp gas station on the corner. The road we were on was pitch dark, but we found the bp station &made the turn. Well we got to the park &then we had an "I love Lucy" event -- THE PARK WAS CLOSED!! Because we did not register in before we left for church, we did not have the code to get back in! (Sound familiar???) we could not believe we did this again.!!! So here we were outside the gate & our RV inside the park! We had a small flash lite in the car, and Richard tried to find a way to get around the gate with no luck.our bikes were on the back of the car and Richard was going to ride his into the park and get the code from another camper, but it was a good distance from the gate house to the campground &you can't believe how dark the park is at night. I was worried that a deer or any animal might run out in front of him and he would not be able to see it. Our next thought was just to wait and hope another camper might be coming in.if not --we would be spending the night in our car! After about 20 min. Richard decided to get out and walk around the gate house again and there on the door was the park rangers phone #!!!!!!!!! Luckily he answered the phone, he thought it was pretty funny!! I was never so glad to see our RV!!