Almost two weeks have passed, high time for an update!

Quite a lot has happened in the meantime, first and foremost the fact that we finally moved out of Hammond and Hidden Oaks! 
I know, it's nothing but a miracle, but there you have it, we did it!
After talking to Greg, who's the guy that's going to work on the truck, we left for Columbus, where he lives, at 8.30 am on Saturday the 10th. 
It was an uneventful drive, which we like, we had some coffee (with homemade chocolate fudge cookies that I made for the road) ...

                           

... and lunch along the way and arrived at the Wayne Hayes Campground around 2 pm.

                                 

This very nice COE campground has only limited sewer connections, but we managed to snatch up one of the two 'drive-up' (versus reserved) sites that were left.
There's a 2 week-stay limit but we hoped that we only needed one, which we know by now will likely become 3 or even more ... sigh, those best-laid-plans again!
But lets not get ahead of ourselves, shall we?

Once again we got a very nice site, it sits on the river's edge although unfortunately we don't have much of a view of it. They've let the bushes grown too tall for that ...

Otherwise it's nice and large, with a concrete pad for the RV and a gravel patch as a sitting area. 

On this map you'll find us a little right of the bottom half, that pink dot that says 73.

We're all set up and already appreciating the slightly cooler temperatures and less humidity around here. Especially the mornings are really nice, and now James doesn't have to work anymore, it feels very 'vacation-y' to have breakfasts outside every morning!

   

      

Eh, let's see, that's scrambled eggs, cheese omelet with salsa and avocado, and fruit waffles 

Oh, and this little something happened while we were setting up. With the living room slide half out, because the awning has to fit over it before we can fully extend it, I stubbed my toe on the teeny little edge of carpet sticking up.

Initially I didn't feel much but holy smokes that changed to excruciating pain, I kid you not, in the hours following. Gawd, it HURT!

   

         

I was sure I broke it, at the very top, and started icing and elevating immediately. There's really not much else to do with a broken toe than all that and taping it together, 'buddy taping' it, with another toe.

It's a week later now and I think I'm gonna live, and my toe too ... Actually, I think I just bruised it, I took the tape off and the pain is almost non-existent. Unless I bump it, and of course, Murphy's law, that happens quite a lot right now!

As you might be able to make out on the map above, there's a (short) walking trail on the north side of the campground that takes you an overlook over the Cypress Slough:

It's my favorite place to hang out here so far. It's so very peaceful, nothing but a lot of birds, mostly swallows and a gazillion of blue and green Dragonflies ...

  

This young Tree Swallow was waiting patiently for over 5 to 10 minutes (and so was I), until one of his parents showed up for chow-time!

Even in the evening hours there are NO mosquitoes here (which is nothing but a miracle), which is the time to watch tenths of Great Egrets fly in to their roosting spots, in a group of Bald Cypress across the slough.

I wonder if they all have their 'reserved' spots or if they just come in randomly?

I was REALLY exited to see the following creature crawl out of the swamp. It's a Snapping Turtle!

Normally they hang out at the bottom of murky waters, and only come out to lay eggs in the drier parts of the swamp. Which makes me think this is a she ...

She's about 15" (shield only), distinctive saw-toothed keels on her long tail, a huge head and a powerful bite. 
Seriously, these turtles can bite off your toe!

That's one scary looking mamma!

As I said, our site doesn't really have a view, a few little peeks only, but 2 sites over is the boat launch, and by walking over there in the evening, we've enjoyed some nice looking sunsets ...

 

Well, I think that's a nice end for now. I'll start another post for everything we've been working on lately, because we've been pretty busy!