We decided not to stop anywhere in Florida because, basically, I couldn't wait to get the hell out of Florida. So the cross country express drove a straight 10 hour shot to Carter's Lake the first day.
Carter's lake has good camping, a great trail and an even better shuttle-able downhill trail.
So, now that we're a solid 550 miles from home back in Florida let's take a quick inventory to make sure we've got everything we need for a successful camping trip:
Dog and dog's backpack, so he can carry his own food and water... Check
Tents... Check
Gigantic horror movie sized Cicada's being eaten alive by equally large and frightening bee's... Check
Kristi has an eye for the wildlife shots. She can spot little critters from a mile away. Hello Mr. Lizard. Are we disturbing you? He was guarding the entrance to the trail.
After we sucked our way through a lap on the cross country trail we headed over to the downhill trail. Yes, we're both very out of shape and quite pitiful. We're both hoping to fix that on this trip.
Props to the builders. They did a great job on this trail. It's short but there is so much packed into every turn. There's a jump, drop, rock garden, S-turn, or just generally different feature every couple of feet. Fast and fun all around, there isn't much wasted space in this trail. We didn't stop for too many pics. Just these two...
... the drop that starts things off.
... and the jump that wraps it up. Yes, I'm all Stiffie McGriffie with a complete lack of style. I just drove for 10 hours. Cut me some slack. It gets better later on.
Ahhh good ride. And there's just enough daylight left to take in some scenery and eat some cold bean burritos for dinner.
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Nice.
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