In the morning packing out took twice as long as normal, I hate having wet gear. I strapped my chain guard to the back and went on my way.

I’m not sure what to call the water that day, it was a heavy mist that seemed to defy gravity and simply hang in the air around me, quickly covering my visor in fine droplets on the outside and fog on the inside… not the best for visibility.

In the early afternoon I found a campsite by Cedar Key for $5 a night and went into town for something to eat. I did a bit of exploring in Cedar Key, it seems alright, a bit of an artsy town for old rich tourists.

I went back to my campsite and worked on editing some photos.

The next day I made my west through forests / swamps, I hugged the coast as much as possible and as I came through Tates Hell State Park I started noticing more and more debris and destruction from Hurricane Michael.

As it got dark, I found a wildlife environmental area with a lookout tower that looked like it hadn’t been touched since before the hurricane.

I was really glad for that mosquito net. If I stood still for more than a moment I was attacked by 20 of them, I heard them swarming around me all night long.

I only saw the no camping sign in the morning, not that it would have changed anything.

In the morning I made it a full half an hour down the road before coming to a little town called Apalachicola where I found a coffee shop to do some work on the blog. Despite sitting their for over 3hrs I didn’t get much done, I did talk to a lot of people and by evening I had made plans to work on a nearby farm for a couple days.