more to come after the nap…

It’s been a wonderful time here at Fort Desoto.  Temps during the day are in the mid to hi 70’s and nights in the low 60’s.  A small band of showers blew through abot 6 today but were gone before we got up.  Took a long walk 0n the beach this morning and passed only two other couples.  You see in the picture gallery attached that the fort is under renovation and by the looks of it should be ready sometime this summer.  The picture of the ship was taken from the Gulf Pier at Fort Desoto, just on the south side of the fort.  The island you can barely make out to the right of the ship is Egmont Key, site of another fort and present site of the harbor pilots facility serving the Tampa Bay shipping channel.

As this was our first trip in our 5th wheel we were careful to scout out the number of big rig sites.  I’d say most sites are OK up to 36 feet and many up to 40′, especially the pull through in the middle of each camping loop.  Althought the site is heavily treed its apparent care has been taken to prune branches away from the travel paths.

Sadly our trip ends tomorrow although we have another stay coming up in May.