Last stop on the trail....

September 13 – Bill let me sleep a little later since we were only driving to White Springs, FL today. We had cereal and packed up and got on the road. We didn’t make as good time as Bill expected since I stopped a few times trying to find some peaches and pecans. It is the end of the season for peaches so what they had were really expensive and the pecans were high also. Oh well, no peach butter this year.

 

We also stopped for fuel twice as we thought it would be cheaper in Georgia than Florida. We had lunch at a nice big rest stop. I had bought a fresh baked loaf of swirl rye at one of the peach stops so I sliced some for lunch. Bill had a meatloaf sandwich and I finished the egg salad.

 

Tonight's campsite

Carillion

We arrived at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park at around 3. It has a small campground which is nice with lots of trees and a mix of pull thrus and back ins. It’s about half full tonight. Once we set up we walked up to the museum which is all about Stephen Foster. He died very young, 38, after writing a ton of folk songs. Then we walked over to the gift shop that has lots of items made by artisans here. There is a group of craft buildings where there are weavers, potters, jewelers and others making and demonstrating their crafting. We only bought postcards, a magnet and a book Bill wanted. It’s a Cracker Western on Florida in the late 1800’s. Does anybody care? The last stop was the Carillion Tower in the center of the park. It had more displays and information on Stephen Foster. We found a short cut through the woods back to the campground. I could have ridden my bike but Bill still didn’t want to take his off the rack and I wouldn’t ride while he walked. After sitting in the truck for days it was nice to do a little walking.

 

We both read for a while until it was time to get dinner. I George’d a steak and a salmon filet and made instant mashed potatoes. We shared the leftover corn (it was a starchy meal) and the last 6 of the delicious cherry tomatoes. Dessert tonight was a piece of dark chocolate each.

 

We took Xena for a walk after dinner and there were several couples out on their bikes and a couple more campers here. Like Navajo there is NO light out once it gets dark so whatever you need to do outside you do it before nightfall.

 

It’s a short ride home tomorrow and Bill plans to be there for lunch, so we will see!