Holley King......Heaven

We have really been enjoying this place.  First of all we have front row seats to all the activities on the lake. Secondly we don't have to share anything with anyone.....  we are the only human occupants in the park. We have never run into this situation before. Here are some pictures. As you can see one was taken inside the coach and one outside. I wanted to show you what we have been enjoying all week.

Here are some photos of the non-human park occupants. There are 5 geese and 1 guinea hen. We wondered why we saw small mirrors sitting on the ground and leaning up against trees throughout the park. It seems that the guinea hen had a mate and last year had a brood of kids. Unfortunately a red shoulder hawk made them his meals over a period of a few weeks and the hen is the only one left. In order for her to not stress out they distributed the mirrors around until they can get her another mate or company. When she sees herself, she thinks she has friends and family around. We came home one day to find the hen admiring herself in the hubcaps of our RV.

The nearest town is called DeFuniak Springs. The town is built around a small lake. It is one of 2 naturally round lakes in the world. It wasn't man made and it is unknown how it was formed by nature. A park immediately surrounds the lake and many beautiful Victorian homes encircle the park. This time of year they have a seasonal light display. The caretaker here at the park (who is a transplant from New York) told us it was worth the visit. We spent an hour driving around the lake enjoying over 5 million lights strewn over trees, bushes and arranged into every conceivable shape and form. Even dinosaurs were represented. These pictures do not do it justice and I encourage anyone passing through this area to stop and enjoy. According to the chief of police, who was nice enough to spend some time with us and explain the history, they start decorating in September and open up the show the day after Thanksgiving. It will be on until Christmas.

We took an afternoon and drove south 20 some miles to the gulf shore. We meandered around the town of Seaside, had lunch sitting in the sand of the beach and explored antique and art shops. As I said before, we really enjoy this area...... although we did have one day where the temperature didn't break 45 degrees. The nights have been below freezing also. Not what we expected for Florida.

We leave tomorrow morning and go further west. We have reservations in 3 days near Gibson La. I love the gulf coast and I want to see for myself if there are changes after the oil spill.