2024-25 Trip to the Southeast, Day 97

Day 97, Friday, January 24, 2025, Three Rivers State Park, Sneads, FL - 143.7 Miles, 3,521.5 Miles for the Trip

Well last night was, I hope, the coldest for awhile. 25°F for a low, although it was at 32°F by 10:30. I did my morning loop around the campground during which I found a Casita that must have moved in late last night, chatted with my neighbor, read some forums & journals, ate breakfast, then finished packing up the trailer for a move. I stopped at Tractor Supply to top off a propane tank (3.9 gallons, so it wasn't quite empty) and pick up some of the nitrile gloves I use when dumping the trailer tanks. My box of 50 pairs from Harbor Freight is almost empty. 

Almost all of the drive was on I 10. While the road was dry, there was quite a bit of snow on the sides, more as you got further west. I crossed a time zone just before getting to the Sneads exit and reached the campground around 12:15 where I had the usual battle trying to get the laptop & iPhone to accept a change to a time zone when you are only a few miles into the new one.

I'm in site 2, a back in site that is a bit tight to get into, but level enough once you are in that I didn't need leveling. Since I'm here for 5 nights, I did unhook although I didn't need to. The site is a water & electric site on gravel with a picnic table & fire pit for $18.70 per night including reservation fee & taxes. Since we are still expecting a cold night at 28°F, I didn't hook up to the water spigot. They are letting it drip since it isn't frost proof. The bathrooms are a short walk away and heated. There are 30 sites in the campground and only a couple are empty. They had about 4" of snow, most of which has melted. There are a few snowmen around and I watched some kids having a snowball fight.

Site 2

A Bit of Snow

A Melting Snowman

I checked out which modem worked best and am glad I have Starlink. AT&T for the most part didn't connect or gave errors, Verizon was 4.1Mbps down & .2Mbps up, and the Starlink Mini without tilt but aligned was 66.39Mbps down & 7.25Mbps up. 

There is both a news NPR station (WFSU at 88.9Mhz) as well as a classical station at 91.5Mhz that may or may not be NPR. I listened to Science Friday for a couple hours during the afternoon. I finished listening to The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton as I pulled into the campground. Last night I finished House Secrets by Mike Lawson & started The Glass Highway by Loren D. Estleman. I downloaded Frames by Loren D. Estleman, a non Walker book.

Dinner was a Saffron Road Chicken Tikka Masala Bowl.

Until Next Time -