Water Water Everywhere

We set out this morning to take our morning walk along one of the nature trails leading from the campground to the Suwannee River. All was well as we walked along on the wide, sandy trail. Then we came to some water on the trail. We walked around it, pleased to be able to outflank it in the sandy woodland.

We came to the "Stilt House," one of the cabins you can rent. It sleeps 8 and is a real bargain at $85 a night. No one is in it right now, which is not really surprising, since the river is rising, and the water is nearly up to the house. A few feet later, we discovered that we had been outflanked by spreading flood water, so we turned around and went back to the campground to walk around. We found flooding everywhere (except in the campground itself). The volleyball net and grills in the photo below are standing in water.

Much of the water is covered with the same little green plant we've seen elsewhere. It gives the illusion of a solid surface. Googling led to the identification of this plant as "duckweed."

We walked along the "yellow trail," the only one that is currently open. It's a small loop and appears to be an overgrown former campground, complete with electric posts and site numbers.

I have extremely itchy blisters on my feet again. They're especially bad if anything touches them, so you can imagine what shoes and socks do. We cut our evening walk short because I just couldn't stand the itching/burning. I wish I knew what causes these blisters. I've had them before, but no diagnosis.