I arrived Sunday afternoon and left Tuesday mid afternoon. I'll fill in the blanks later.

This was a pit stop just making my way back up north. I didn't take any pictures so I apologize. Anyways on to what I did while here. I arrived Friday night at the Zen Hostel. I met Eros, Jim, and Peter and we cooked out on the grill in the back. Eros is the assistant manager at the hostel. Jim is the hostel handy man. Peter is a 32 year old traveller from Denmark. He bought a bike when he arrived in the states and is touring the country on his hog. On ...

I arrived at the Silver River in Ocala and entered at Ray Wayside park. I kayaked 5 miles upstream to the Silver Springs where the river originates and then returned back to where I entered. The springs are natural and are something like 99.8% pure... whatever that means. It took about 4 1/2 hours roundtrip with stop on the way upstream for wildlife, lunch, potty breaks... etc. It took 3 hours to paddle upstream and only 1 1/2 hours on the way back. I reall...

For Wednesday and Thursday night I stayed at Gram's Place (for a little bit about the place see the pictures and their captions). I arrived around 7 on Wednesday night at Gram's Place and met a few people. Jake - a 22 year old New Zealander travelling before he begins work. Mike - A 58 year old Floridian (or is it Floridite, perhaps just Floridan?) who had just undergone open heart surgery and was seeking employment in Tampa. John - a 50 something going to sc...

So the everglades. I checked into the hostel about 9 PM on the 25th. It was a pretty nice place. I took some pictures of it. The rooms were decent, the beds were soft, and the atmosphere was pretty good; however, there weren't too many guests there after the first night, so it was pretty dead around the hostel and I was left to do things on my own. Day 1: Anyways, upon arrival I met a guy from Jacksonville named Chris. We hit it off immediately and had ...