Back from Florida, need sleep, ready to leave

Returned from Florida yesterday evening.  It was an overnight drive. I met up with a friend in Jacksonville who has been living on a boat for the last few years.  He gave me the rundown and thinks I am on the right track.  He is old but has not compromised his life.  He used to do things that I am doing, and gives me ideas.  He and his wife made chili.  Florida was a decent little trip....the highlight would probably be a cabin that we stayed at northeast of Orlando.  The cabin was on an island on the St Johns River.  We took a ferry (pontoon boat) out to the island, where we were left to ourselves.  The only other person staying the night on the island was a volunteer ranger that we never saw.  It would have been a good setting for a horror film.  It was very tropical-jungle-like, and we were surrounded by alligator infested waters.  The rain felt good.  I ran across a few armadillos and alligators.  I would go back.  I have two more days to get everything together for europe.  We packaged up our bicycles today and I unpacked things from Florida to wash and repack for europe.  Last night a group of us camped out at Blue and Gray Park.  We cooked hotdogs, smores, made rotell dip, played music on the guitar, and slept in tents.  I was ready for a good night of sleep after driving through the night to make it home from Florida, but I couldnt turn down a good fire with good friends.  Tonight I am sleeping in my own bed.  Comfortable beds are nice, but very unnecessary.  People do not realize how little they need to survive.  Gandhi once said "The world supplies enough to meet everyone's needs, but not everyone's greed." This makes me want to live more minimal.  Hopefully I will update once more before I leave, but I have a lot to do before leaving and for my sisters wedding reception.