Fort DeSoto Park, Day Three

We got out on the water today and had a great time. It has been a few years since we were on the kayaks, so it took a little while to get the paddling rhythm back. We were out for a few hours and enjoyed seeing the park from waterside.

Good fishing here in front of the camp store.

Back to our forested camp site. You can hardly see the motorhome.

Beating the Florida summer heat.

The vet called and said that Bella was doing very well and could come home early. Barbara picked her up and brought her back to the RV. She gets along reasonably well, but the steps up and down while getting into and out of the RV are a little hard on her. She looks like one very sad dog with her system full of painkillers and her left hindquarter shaved. She has the benefit this time of having the other hip repaired and strong. For the first surgery that was not the case, so recovery was hard. She will be out running at the dog park again, but I imagine that it will still be a month away. We will see.

While Barbara was at the vet I set up my HAM radio rig on the picnic table. It took a little while to get the antenna up. It might be the denseness of the trees here, but I could not get the antenna tuned well. It was so hot and humid I finally packed it all back up. The Tarheel antenna I am installing on the back of the RV will hopefully allow me to do some radio work in the comfort of the RV instead of out in the elements.