Thursday, May 3, 2012

Day 5, Sarasota Here We Come!

We started this morning off with some nice walks.  The squirrels were so entertaining that Mama took me on a few walks.  I saw a sign that said they were looking for campground hosts and I thought that might be a good job for us.  They let you stay for free and pay for your electric. Mama reminded me that we still had to have money for food.  Hmmmm.....how many ways can you fix squirrel?  LOL

I had the best time at this park just watching the squirrels.

We had a very light breakfast this morning since we were would traveling.  Our drive today took us about 5 hours. We hit road construction.  We are staying at Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, FL   This park has alligators.  Mama is not thrilled about that.  Daddy wanted to stay here. They are going to take a tour on a boat and tram tomorrow to see the gators.  We have to stay home.  We have a lot less shade at this site and it is hot!  We have air conditioning in the motor home though, so it's fine if we are inside. Mama and Daddy went out to dinner tonight.  They tried one of the restaurants from their Food Network app.  It's called The Old Salty Dog.   Mama said it took forever to get there.  She thought there had to be a faster way, but probably not since it's on an island.  She said the food was good.  She had a grilled burger.  Daddy had a fried shrimp and oyster sandwich.  Mama is allergic to shellfish, so she can't have anything like that.  After they ate, they went to Walmart to pick up some groceries.  They bought a drying rack for their clothes. Mama doesn't like to dry t-shirts and jeans, so she needs something to hang them on.  We really don't have a lot of room in here, so the drying rack will be the best thing.  Most people hang their clothes outside, but the next place we are going will not allow that.  It's pretty classy.  Daddy said we are going to probably have the cheapest motor home there.  They will probably look down on us.  They only allow Class A's and they must be less than 10 years old.  We qualify, but our rig is on the low end as far as cost goes.  It should be interesting.  Okay, so back to tonight.  After they got home from dinner. Mama took this picture of our site. Do you notice anything?

 We were in the motor home waiting for them to come in.  Mama was taking this photo when Daddy told her to be careful and look where she was walking.  She thought there was going to be an alligator there.  She has been so nervous about the alligators. It wasn't an alligator.  It was this.
It's a small rattlesnake.  Our cell phone doesn't work here, but she noticed a neighbor using her phone. Mama thought she would ask her to call a ranger. As Mama was walking to their site, she saw another camper who had spoken to us earlier. She is from this area, so Mama told her about the snake.  She got her husband and then another camper.  The other camper came with a big stick and a spatula. I think he was being funny bringing the spatula.  He acted like he was going to grill up the snake, but that is not what he did.  He just relocated the snake away from us.  We are very nervous now even though we were told by the other campers that they have camped here many times and never seen a snake before.  Mama told Daddy he is going to have to help her walk us while we are here.  She has been cautious with us, but now seeing the snake has scared her.  She will be happy to be out of here and I think we will be, too.  I have not seen any squirrels here.  I did see a jackrabbit though.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Had A Rattlesnake In His Campsite

8 comments:

  1. Whoa! Snakes would freak me out too! I LOVE that you're checking out those food network places! That's my only regret when I went across the country, I really wanted to make it a food tour too... but it didn't work out.

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  2. I wouldn't want to see snakes, either! I hope you don't see any more!

    Bunny

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  3. So many adventures already! Be careful around all those critters!

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  4. That snake and his family probably ate all the local squirrels. I'm not sure if hanging clothes outside would work in Fla, considering how humid it can be down there. If you go too much farther, you'll end up in Cuba :)

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  5. You certainly are seeing life aren't you mate? You need to be careful of those sneaky snakes like Mummy says. Uncle Flynn once got bitten by an Adder - and they aren't half as scary as Rattlers! Deccy x

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  6. Wow, that is pretty scary with snakes and gators, we don't blame your mum for being nervous! She was brave to snap a photo of it though.
    We can't believe the next place is so picky - if you turned up at an English park in your RV, they would think you are millionaires :)
    We have never heard of preparing oyster in a sandwich, we have only heard of them being raw in the shell - yuk.
    We thought you look very excited looking at those squirrels Joey.
    Dip Bridge and Elliot x

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  7. That sounds pretty scary, with snakes and gators all over. I am always really paranoid about the dogs getting bitten when we go over the mountains (we don't have rattlers on my side of the mountains here)

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  8. Glad Momma spotted the snake before getting bitten! Good job getting the photo.

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