February 11, Sunday, Day 132

Wakulla County Park, Newport, Fl., 269 mile jump

That was an unusually long jump for us. We drove through some cloudbursts as turned west into the panhandle, so we prayed that we could  setup camp without rain gear. Thankfully, our prayers were answered; by the time we were finishing up it started to sprinkle. Then, it poured down rain all night!

It’s a tiny little park on Hwy. 98, which is its only drawback. On the other side of the highway is Lighthouse Road that goes south 10 miles to the historic St. Mark’s Lighthouse on the Gulf of Mexico. Seven of those miles are National Wildlife Refuge covered in ponds, swamp and estuary. We visited two years ago to our delight!