Truck Trouble in the South

I'm currently sitting in an auto repair shop...again :( This problem is starting to get to me. The grease seal I had replaced in Atlanta is leaking again. It looks like they should have replaced the Axle. I stopped at a place in Titusville and they said they could do it for 600 some odd dollars but they wouldn't be able to get the parts until Monday. I need to be in Miami this Sunday to meet a friend so I told them I would address the problem down there. I'm at a place near Jupiter, FL because I noticed that some of the sound I was hearing was coming from the front. It looks like I didn't catch it soon enough because now I need to replace some rotors and I will cost me over $300. Ouch! I might be able to absorb this but it might also cause me to return home early. Especially if this is the start of a trend. I'm afraid the culprit might be my camper. It's light for a camper but it could still be more than is good for the truck. All I can do at this point is hope the place I find in Miami knows their stuff and that they can give me a good deal. From that point I'll just have to proceed with caution. Pray for me on that.

Apart from the truck, I have been having some fun.

From Atlanta I went to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Cool place. If I had wanted to spend more time there, I could have I could have taken some of their canoe trails to campsites deep in the swamp. That would be fun to do with a friend sometime. I camped near there, got a few photos and moved on. That was my first night in the camper. I stayed in a cheap county park that would have been better if it wasn't near a busy railroad and a kennel or dog pound or something. I did get some sleep in.

From there I went to Merrit Island NWR. That place is loaded with great bird photo opportunities. I got hundreds of shots. I would have spent more time there but that's when it became obvious that my truck problems had not been solved. After spending the night at a fancy shmacy campground and getting more bad news on the truck I decided to just head south. I did have an evening and a morning there and that was enough time to get some really nice shots. I might try to hit the place again on the way back north.

I camped at Johnathan Dickinson State Park last night. That's also when I determined that there was a noise coming from the front brakes. I'm near there now. One thing that park is known for is Florida Scrub Jays. It turns out that they had a fire there a year or two ago and the Jays don't come around like they used to, but the park ranger told me where I could find them. People had been feeding them so they would come right up to you. I got some nice shots.

I'm typing this out on my laptop without internet access in the hopes that I can paste it onto the blog later. If that works it will help me keep up and you will see posts more often. Take care and keep praying.

Steve