Back to Thousand Trails Orlando

On Thursday, we returned to Thousand Trails Orlando.

Carl had a dermatology surgical appointment on Thursday morning, so we drove together with Gracie and the Jee-rage to a parking lot near Thousand Trails, and then Carl drove the Jeep to his appointment. We weren't sure how long the appointment would take; check in at Thousand Trails Orlando starts at noon - so I was going to get us checked in if he wasn't able to make it back in time. But... he was able to get back in plenty of time and we got checked in and parked at the campground.

After the surgery, Carl had a prescription to pick up at Walmart - he had not ever noticed their efficient scheme for keeping the prescriptions cataloged for retrieval.

Later in the afternoon, we went for a bike ride. Thousand Trails Orlando is such a large campground that it is great to have bikes to ride around.

We saw a couple of folks walking looking at what appeared to be a garbage can on its side...

... I don't know if you can see that there is some sand being thrown out...

... there was a large tortoise in there...

We figured that she was burying eggs.

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There was a second tortoise also in the area, but she had not yet stopped to dig.

We continued on our ride and found some paths through trees down near the lake.

The Spanish moss gives it a bit of an eerie feel.

When we rode back by where the tortoises were located, the one who had still been moving had stopped and was starting to dig -- right in front of a sign that indicated "Stop"! A rules-following tortoise!

When we got back to the rig, Miss Kitty was napping on my laptop keyboard...

... she briefly opened her eyes and raised her head and then returned to her napping. Once again, any odd emails or strange blog posts should be attributed to cat-action instead of me!

We are looking forward to about 10 days here at Thousand Trails Orlando.