SUNDAY AT THE SUWANNEE RIVER SILL.
Day 58 – It was 62 soupy degrees this morning at 7 a.m. and mostly cloudy. We are supposed to get thunderstorms some time tomorrow, and today will get pretty warm & humid. We found out it was Daylight Savings Time today, and that we were losing an hour; I hate when that happens! It was warming up rapidly. We had the awning out and the shades drawn to keep the sun out, hoping to keep the RV cooler longer. And by the way, it did work to keep the RV cooler during the day! We spent the morning in the screened tent. There was a slight breeze out there, and with so many campers packing up & leaving, it was easier to be in our own little world out in the tent.
Most of the weekend campers had left by 1 p.m. Our neighbors with the two dogs & two kids were the last to go. They were replaced 45 minutes later by two women & a dog camping quietly near us. YES! We noticed later in the afternoon when driving through the campground that there are still quite a few campers leaving tomorrow.
After yesterday’s visit, we wanted to go back to the Sill later in the day to see if there were more Alligators out. After lunch and more tent time, at the warmest part of the day (83 degrees & humid), we drove to the Sill.
What is a “Sill”? I wondered that yesterday when we drove to the Suwannee River Sill. A description we found in literature follows: A low earthen dam, the Suwannee River Sill, was built on the largest outlet stream of Okefenokee Swamp in the early 1960s.
There was a bigger Alligator near the road on the way to the Sill, and a younger Alligator by the other side of the road on the way back to the RV. Swallowtail Kites (that’s a bird, hee hee) playfully flew overhead. The Thistle flowers were blooming more profusely. Fishermen were out in boats, even though there were Alligators nearby. It was lovely out, although hot, humid, and many more bugs were flying around.
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We went back to the RV, took coldish showers & turned on the air conditioning. The humidity combined with the temperature was a bit much. We cannot imagine the south in the summer! This is technically winter, after all. The girls are also enjoying the A/C, perking up from their prone positions to say thank you by curling their paws at us.