Arrival in Florida.

Trish and I arrived at our campground in Loxahatchee, Florida, yesterday afternoon and got the Airstream all set up for our three week stay here.  We are staying at a great KOA campground that is part of Lion Country Safari just west of Palm Beach.

We can hear the lions roar at our campsite.

As soon as we were all set up and unhooked, we began to discover our Lion Country neighborhood and get a bit of orientation to everything there is to enjoy here.

With our campsite we have an unlimited pass to Lion Country Safari, so we headed there to check it out.  It is wonderful.  The park is 265 acres of natural habitat animal country through which you drive your car to visit.  It is a mostly African environment with a few Asian additions.

As soon as we entered we had to wait for a gigantic Aldabra Tortoise to finish crossing the road before we could proceed.  These impressive creatures come from the island of Aldabra (north of Madagascar) and the ones we encountered are likely more than 100 years old.

Looks to be about five feet long.

It is about a one hour drive through the park at about four miles an hour...not counting stops.  Our plan is to drive through at a different time each day to take full advantage of being here.

The park has a very extensive breeding program and one of the new babies this year has been a 100 pound White Rhino.  It still looked tiny beside it gigantic mama.

At the Rhino nursery.

Our biggest plan for these three weeks is to work hard at doing nothing.  It is our first chance after the Hurricane Dorian flood to take time off and try to get totally rested.  Much needed!