Migrating north

The scenic route to Orlando Thousand Trails

February 28 2016

We wrapped up our stay in Florida City by taking the jeep back to the dealer to have a second air bag recall fixed. They had to remove the console and replace the air bag module. Hopefully this part will be the final solution to the problem. (Note: after one week, so far so good.)

On Saturday we made one last trip to Redland's, the predominately Cuban market. We didn't buy much, bananas is all I remember. We decided to eat lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Homestead. It is called Casita Tejas and with a name like that I expected authentic spicy Mexican food. It was a weird culinary experience because it was the blandest food I can remember eating in a long time. The spiciest ingredient was the onions in the salsa and that's not an exaggeration. They didn't even have any hot sauces on the table, it was all very strange.

Sunday at nine AM we pulled out of Southern Comfort RV Resort. We will be back next year, having reserved our site for January and February 2017. We drove north on rt. 997, avoiding the mad cap traffic up thru Miami. Junctioning with rt. 27 we followed it around Lake Okeechobee and on up to Highlands Hammock State Park near Sebring.

Fuel in Lake Placid=Raceway fuel

27.122 gallons

$1.71 per gallon.

Total $46.62

Mileage, 71543

Miles driven today approximately 180.

Millie at Manatee Hammock State Park

Our stay here was for two nights and we never left the campground. We hung around the RV, relaxing, reading and riding our bikes on several of the park trails.

Bike trail in Manatee Hammock SP

Riding the trails is like stepping back in time to old Florida and indeed it is, these trails were cut in the Hammock by Civilian Conservation Workers during the great depression. It a nice place, we will definitely return to Highlands Hammock if it fits in our travel plans.