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Once again, they’ve changed the format on me and I’m having trouble with pictures. I hope these come through since they show the Baygall (not bagel). I also tried to download something this past week and really screwed up my computer. Fortunately, there is a computer club here at the Park and they fixed me right up.

A new friend, Ellie and I went to The Big Thicket National Preserve down the road apiece. It is unique due to its extraordinary complex biological diversity. The preserve encompasses 1)floodplain forest and swamp, 2) Flatlands Palmetto hardwood, 3) Savannah, 4) Upland hardwood/pine forests. The flora is fantastic and there are many trails to explore (we only explored one so far.)The area we went through is the Baygall.

The pictures are of the old cabin with Ellie on the front porch; downed cypress (the roots are extremely shallow and many old cypress are toppled; cypress knees (presumably they help the cypress keep balanced); and the Telupela trees growing out of the water (they look like elephants feet. There are alligators here, fortunately, we didn’t see any, and 4 different carnivorous plants, yech!

Other than our little excursion to the Big Thicket, everything here is going great. I love it, love it, love it, and so does Toby, except when we get a big thunder and lightening storm. We had one a couple of days ago and it shorted out the switch on my little fans and the sensor in my LP gas alarm. That was fun! So one of the guys, my neighbor who is a volunteer doing electrical work for CARE came over and we disconnected the LP alarm and I’ll replace the sensor, and disconnected the battery to the chassis until Jim can find out where it shorted and he’s sure he can fix it for me. What a guy! Everyone here is like that. When I went over to see if someone could help me with my electrical problems, I had all sorts of guys jump up to help. It’s that way with everything! My impression of RV’s just gets better and better.

Well, I’m going to try the pictures, then I’m off to help with lunch.

Kris

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