On Ocean Pond

Today we made a spontaneous decision at mid afternoon about 40 miles west of Jacksonville to try and stop for the day. This morning we left Clanton, AL at the crack of dawn (Central Time) crossed into Florida by mid-morning, and we were ready to call it a day. 

Being "smart" people, with new for us smartphones, we determined while sitting at a rest area on I-10 that we were 2 miles from a campground in the Osceola National Forest. Google must have meant 2 miles as the crow flies or for those going westbound.  We headed east and ended up driving about 15 miles, but the smartphone's Google Navigation app properly directed us here.  Our GPS, by comparison, couldn't even find this campground, so score one for smart phones. 

Those of you using smartphones for years are probably rolling your eyes.  Pardon me for boring you with technology admiration.  On another technical note, this blog is published, for your reading pleasure, from the wilderness thanks to hotspot technology.

This Ocean Pond campground is located on Ocean Pond, a good-sized lake, perhaps a bit bigger than our own Cass Lake back home. We were able to score a lake-front lot on this beautiful 78 degree Thursday afternoon.  Everyone camping here in this campground has gray hair (except us, of course!).