Trippin' with Susan Straley

Hi all you glorious folks that keep me company on my journey by reading this travel journal.  I finally got access to wifi at Jean's and Keith's home in Brandon, MS! (But I must have ran out of time or forgot to post until two days later when I got access to wifi again!) I am writing this while I sit on their back porch.  Jean keeps urging me to come inside.  There is thunder all around.  But it is shady here and they have provide a nice fan. I am not wanting to go in because just a bit ago I got a text from someone I had contact with letting me know they went in for COVID testing today or yesterday.  We will know either on Friday or Monday if her test was positive or negative.  In the meantime I want to be extra extra careful that I don't spread anything along my way. We have a plan, though, if it starts to rain.  I can dash in to this extra room they have that doesn't have ventilation with the rest of the house.  I can open a window and work in there.  Thank

6/29/2020 Hello and Greetings from Blackwater River State Park, I expected the Blackwater River in the panhandle of Florida to be dark, but it is pretty clear in the shallows as it winds leaving lots of clean sandy beaches along its banks in this area. I don’t have WIFI here in the state park, so I am writing this in my word document and will upload it when I have have access to WIFI. Saturday 6/27/2020 There is a dust cloud from the Sierra Desert that has blown over the ocean to here.   It looks like a regular over-cast sky but it seems to be up higher than a normal overcast sky.   Someone asked if it was going to rain.   No, I thought, the clouds are too high.     The dust cover was nice as it provided a bit of relief from the sun on these warm and humid days.   Several of us Sisters floated in the springs keeping cool and sharing stories.   One of the sisters (I will call her June to protect her identity) shared her concern that her husband (who comes f