Back to my roots: St. Augustine FL

If you have been following our adventures you might ask, “What happened? You were in Cooperstown NY and then made a hasty retreat back to Florida.” I could say that Billy was missing the salt air and heat but truth is my mother became quite ill. Needless to say, we canceled our plans and boogied back south.

Sea oats on the sand dunes
Dawn at Anastasia State Park

Did you know that every cloud has a silver lining? It is true. We needed a home in St. Augustine for the next 2-3 months and Anastasia State Park needed a volunteer team to fill a cancellation. Being previous volunteers at the park this was a good situation for all involved.

American Egret and Wood Stork
typical park residents

We arrived to find we already knew 50% of the volunteer staff. As a volunteer, you quickly learn there are some teams that volunteer most of the year at various parks. Summer is often when the Florida State Parks struggle to find volunteers, fortunately there are actually Florida residents who like the summer heat and volunteer year round. It seems you rarely find a snow-bird volunteers working a season other than winter months... but that is another story.

Home Sweet Home

It always helps when you know the job, and have worked with many of the rangers, staff, and volunteers.  You can get your home settled, say 'Hello', learn what has changed, pick-up the keys and get started.

Billy cleaning camp sites
(Marg taking the photo)