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ON THE AIR AND MADE MY FIRST CONTACT EXACTLY 1 HOUR AFTER MY LAST CONTACT
AT DING DARLING.  NOT LONG AFTER, IT BEGAN TO GET DARK, SO I DECIDED TO
HEAD BACK TO THE CONDO.  NEAR THE END OF MY TRIP, I RETURNED TO THE POTA
SITES THAT I FAILED TO ACTIVATE EARLIER BECAUSE OF MY BATTERY PROBLEMS.
THE FIRST STOP WAS THE EVERGLADES VISITOR CENTER, WHERE I KEPT MY PHONE
ELEVATED FOR A GOOD ENOUGH CELL SIGNAL FOR INTERNET.  I MADE 33 CONTACTS,
INCLUDING THE AZORES, NOVA SCOTIA, AND ARIZONA, MAKING THIS THE TOP PARK OF
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MY WEEK.  MY NEXT SITE, THE FRANCIS S. TAYLOR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, WAS
SUGGESTED BY JOHN.  I MADE ONLY 14 CONTACTS HERE, BUT THAT WAS ENOUGH TO
COUNT AS AN ACTIVATION.  I DROVE BACK TO THE BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE
AND THE FLORIDA NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL, WHERE MY BATTERY DIED EARLIER IN THE
WEEK, AND MADE 28 CONTACTS.  ON THE FINAL DAY, I ACTIVATED SIX PARKS, AND
ALL BUT ONE WERE CONSERVATION AND WILDLIFE AREAS WITH PRIMITIVE PARKING.  I
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