Shanty Pond - Ocala National Forest

Much has happened since our last post.  We did find a tenant who is renting our home.  He moved in on Saturday.  On Thursday as I was standing on our bed cleaning windows I fell forward and hit my chest bone on the headboard.  Heard a loud crack!  Ouch.  Missed a night out with our neighbors on Friday night to have it checked out in the ER!  No broken ribs but the sternum may be cracked.  It does not seem to be any better today.  Two natural childbirths, spinal fusion, gall bladder surgery, and cervical fusion and NOTHING has ever hurt like this does.  It hurts tremendously every time I move, hiccup, try to talk loudly, or God forbid - sneeze!  I have spent almost every minute in bed since our arrival!  Yuck!  If it is not better in a few days I plan to make another trip to the doctor.

We left Saturday morning to camphost at Ocala National Forest.  I was not able to tow the boat, so we plan to pick it up at a later date.  Primitive, wilderness, muddy, and isolated are the descriptive words of the day.  We traveled over rutty and muddy dirt roads and have had the truck in 4 wheel drive since our arrival.   There have been many "Big Foot" sightings in the Ocala National Forest (http://www.bigfootresearcher.com/2009/11/ocala-national-forest.html)   However, we woke Sunday morning to black bears outside each of our windows - no Sasquatch!  It has rained hard continuously since our arrival, so we haven't explored our surroundings and laid out our plans to find Big Foot.  After our careful washing of the motor home before our departure from Panama City we got it covered in mud driving in to our site.  Billy pressure washed the mud off it and had to go pick up another 100 gallons of water in short order.  I think he may have to yet make one more water run before he finishes.

Following is a photo of Fran, Bruce, Bill and Billy in our driveway as were preparing to leave on Saturday.