Jan. 26, 2015 What is Blue and Large and Everywhere?

Back on the road in the Lark.  Realizing that Kissimmee State Park and St. Andrews State Park are a good 8 hour drive apart...we quickly grabbed a night half way between.  The first ugly state park in Florida, Manatee Springs is at least undergoing renovations.   The saving grace...A smoker with the very best bar-b-que pork dinner to be had! The fridge and freezer were packed with a weeks worth of groceries, but who could resist dinner with drinks for $8?

Brings me to Blue and Large... Walmart, of course.  I've never been a big promoter of Walmart (for well known reasons) however: Walmart is a RV'ers dream.  The size of the parking lots alone are impossible to pass on.  Open all kinds of hours, in every medium sized town in America and they offer overnight parking..free if you are in a pinch.  Not to mention they now offer some RV parts and supplies.  Only outshone by Cracker Barrel...where you can park over night and have Pecan Pancakes for breakfast before pulling out! Sometimes when you are in a strange town, Walmart and Cracker Barrel are comforting.

Today on the road we experienced 30MPH headwinds...tough on the driver and we were happy to pull into St. Andrews, a wonderful site on the water.  Can't wait to explore the beach tomorrow.  

Stopped in St. George Island and learned about Tupelo honey. A honey provided by bees that only pollinate Tupelo trees. This honey never forms crystals...and lives forever (if you don't eat it first).  A foodie couldn't pass on buying some of that!

I have not much experience writing. Did some wedding announcements, obits and anniversary announcements in our local paper a million years ago.  Now I have this little "blogging" bug in my ear. All day I find I'm thinking about what to add to my journal. Who knew...