

We left the River Bend Resort this morning and proceeded down further (and warmer) to Everglades National Park. Unfortunately, with the damage from the hurricane being as extensive as it was, the Flamingo area which is really the best area has still not been repaired enough for us to stay. We chose instead to stay at monument lake campground ($8.00 a night)which is really quite nice.
They do not have hookups but they do have regular toilets instead of pits and access to water but no sewage dumps. We of course are self contained and we really don't have a problem with that. Actually, we have not really run into any major obvious damage yet although we have not really touched some of the coastal areas. There are a few signs that appear to have been knocked down but not much beyond that. Tomorrow we head into the Keys and are looking forward to settling in at our favorite place.