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So many trees

We knew we had a long day of driving and got on the road early. We continued south through a whole bunch of nothing, followed by a really long stretch of nothing, and eventually crossed into Florida just before lunch.
We got back on the interstate and there was so much traffic for the rest of the trip. It was late afternoon when we got to our home for the next few nights at Myakka State Forest. This campground is awesome, and probably the least expensive place you can make a reservation at in the whole state. There are 9 sites available, and each site is secluded from the rest. We got set up and then went for a walk out on the trails.
This campground used to be way bigger, but a lot of the sites are grown over now, either because of the hurricane from last year or they just wanted to downsize. We had an awesome dinner, steak, zucchini, carrots and got a nice fire going. Such a quiet dark site. I swear I heard a monster heading towards us, but Joe thinks raccoon. The animals in the brush are much smaller than they sound, I hope. 

Day 3 / Feb 20

Monday



Odometer trip start

293762

Drinks

6.40

Odometer day start

294494

Fuel

105.65

Odometer end

294940

Campsite

12.24

Daily miles

446

Daily total

124.29

Total miles

1178

Trip total

411.11

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