It was time to move on to our planned destination of Bahia ( Pronounced Ba-Hay) Honda State Park. We had tried to get into this state park over the years but it filled so fast we never had any luck. Ron finally found out the secret and we managed to get in this year.
We were on the road by 10:30 am with clear skies, bright sun and temps in the high 60’s. A cold front was moving through so the temps were expected to be lower then usual for the time of year. 60’s are OK with us, certainly better then teens and snow!!!
The drive to Bahia Honda took much longer then expected. The traffic was really bad and even worse on US 1 with all the road construction going on. It took us 30 minutes to go 2 miles and that same scenario was repeated off and on for about 45 miles. By the time we arrived we had been on the road for over 5 1/2 hours traveling only 187 miles. YIKES!!!! What a tiring drive/ride.
Once we set up we were surprised at the road noise over the bridge. We hadn’t considered that the bridge was so close to the CG! The CG has been named the best in the state for the last two years so I guess most people don’t care about the heavy traffic noise that echoes off the bridge and water – constantly. US 1 is the only road in and out of Key West so the traffic is constant. We could only hope that we would become accustomed to the noise and wouldn’t hear it after a couple of days.
The other factor we hadn’t considered was the lack of digital TV stations. I guess when the government required that the country go digital the Keys did not – so no satellite – no TV reception. OK then, we will do without TV for two weeks. We don’t watch much TV anyway but we do like to check out the news and we do have at least three shows we enjoy. Maybe its time to think about getting a satellite hook-up.
Florida CG’s promote themselves as being “full service” CG’s. Their full service means only water and electric – no sewer – so we have to use their shower facilities – not ours. Not an issue because the bath house was right behind us and very clean and we were aware before we booked the site. We had hoped to get a site on the water but those are difficult to get and you have to be on-line at the exact right moment to get those. Also Florida residents have first dib's on those sites so our chances were reduced even further.
Our site is nicely enclosed with a very large Palm tree with lots of coconuts in it.
It was muggy and in the low 80’s when we set up so the first order of business was to get the AC running. We tried sitting outside for dinner but too sticky. After dinner we took Jewel for a nice long walk and even she was too hot and had to slow down.
Not to worry, the cold front was moving in on us and we were told it would not get above 65 on Thursday or maybe even for the next ten days. The seas were so rough and the Portuguese Man of War had arrived on the beaches – so no swimming , snorkeling or kayaking. Well, what do you know – we arrive and everything falls apart!!!!! LOL Oh, well, we’ll enjoy the weather anyway.
While I was preparing dinner Ron went to catch a picture of the sunset. The middle picture, in my opinion, is a National Geographic picture!!!!
After dinner we relaxed and were in bed fairly early. Our plan – to take Thursday off and lounge around!!!! Then it will be off to the races again planning our stay here and taking in the area.
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