A (Very Pleasant) Day in Hell

Friday, February 25th – Tate’s Hell, Florida – Day 18

We woke up and the weather was kind of crappy. Overcast but a reasonable temperature. It had rained a lot of the night before which wet the laundry I had hung the night before after not wanting to wait for a dryer. Mary took these back to the other campsite to dry and had to explain why we were using their machines. I bought tickets to Kennedy Space Centre for the March 1st rocket launch. At $60 for adults and $50 for children, they were expensive but I don’t care, I’m going to see a rocket launch (hopefully, I don’t want to jinx myself). When she got back, we decided to go for a hike and a beach day.

The hike was the High Bluffs Coastal Hiking Trail. It was a good trail. Sandy with some interesting plants – a green mossy substance that was growing everywhere. We were suppose to go along a few interior lakes but they weren’t to be seen. It was hot by this time so by the time we got back everyone had a sweat on. The last hundred or two hundred metres, Gen started jogging to get some exercise so we all started jogging. I was carrying John so he didn’t have to keep up. I love the idea of family trail running. Yet again, need to build the kids up to the point they have enough fitness.

We then went to Carabelle beach. Luckily there were some outlets there so we plugged in all the laptops to try to charge before we went back to the camp. There is no electricity or water supplied in Hell’s T’aint (sorry, Tate’s Hell). I blogged a little bit. I’ve started reading Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations so I read the intro to that. I’m looking forward to reading it. Everyone else went in for a swim and relaxed on the beach. After a while, I gave up on charging the laptops and went for a swim myself.

When we got back, the girls and I gathered wood for a fire. We ate a delicious dinner of leftover gnocci in a beef sauce thanks to Gen. After we had some marshmellows around the campfire. It was really nice. Gen and I stayed up trying to book campsites and this time we actually lucked on to some cancellations. We booked a campsite an hour from Cape Canaveral which is actually a pretty good option for the 28th and 1st. We also found a campsite near Boca Raton – the plan is to go see Gen’s Dad’s cousin Lois which should be great.

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