We were quite busy during our stay at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park so I’ve divided our posts into parts one and two. Friday morning we drove up to the North Entrance (which is closer to Gainesville), and hiked the La Chua Trail on the edge of the prairie. This trail is teeming with wildlife […]
We were quite busy during our stay at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park so I’ve divided our posts into parts one and two. We left the Cypress Glen Campground outside of Brooksville on Friday, January 26, 2024 at the very last minute – check out is 1 pm – for a short 84 mile drive
Friday, January 19, 2024 we left Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park around 10:30 am and took a 3 1/2 hour drive northeast to the Cypress Glen Campground in the Withlacoochee State Forest near Brooksville, Florida for a 7-night stay. On the way we drove through bands of rain as we neared Brooksville so we stopped
We left Colt Creek State Park on Friday, January 12, 2024 and drove about 3 hours south and east to Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park in Okeechobee County, Florida for a 7-night stay. This park is comprised of 54,000 acres of Florida prairie. In fact, it is the second-largest state park in Florida. Only the
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We left Wekiva Springs State Park in Apopka, Florida around 1 pm on Friday, January 5, 2024 and drove about 90 minutes south to Colt Creek State Park in Lakeland, Florida arriving around 2:30 pm. By 4 pm we were all set up and shortly after that I was making homemade pizza. We enjoyed the
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On January 17, 2023 we left Central Florida and began another 10 months of travel across the United States. During the course of those 10 months (and November and December of 2023 back in Central Florida) we spent at last one night (our criteria for counting it as a state visit) in the following 29
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We left Lake Griffin State Park in Fruitland Park, FL on Friday, December 22, 2023 and drove a little over an hour southeast to Wekiva Springs State Park in Apopka, FL, just north of Orlando. We like to be at this campground during the holidays as it is not too far from our Florida kids/grandkids.
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On Friday, December 8, 2023 we left Lake Louisia State Park in Clermont to drive a little less than an hour north to Lake Griffen State Park in Fruitland Park, FL for a 14-night stay. This would be our first time camping in Lake Griffen State Park and we were curious what it would be
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Friday, November 24th we left Wekiva Springs State Park and drove about 40 miles to Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont for another 14-night stay. That is the limit every 30 days at Florida State Parks so… We’re staying in a different loop and site this time, one we haven’t been in before. It was
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As I mentioned in the previous post, on Friday, November 10, 2023 we left Lake Louisa State Park in Clermont, Florida and drove one hour north to Wekiwa (Wekiva) Springs State Park in Wekiva Springs, just outside of Apopka, Florida. That night I dropped Cindy off at her daughter Amber’s house. The original plan had
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