Category: Florida State Park
Trip 7b – Blue Springs State Park
Dates: Nov 23-24, 2024 Campsite: 33 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: Get up early to see the manatees Would we go back: Yes Website: Blue Springs State Park Breaking up the drive home was a great idea. I wonder who thought of that? We […]
Trip 6 – Anastasia State Park
Dates: Nov 8 – 11, 2024 Campsite: 105 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: Keep checking website for canceled campsites Would we go back: Yes Website: Anastasia State Park Anastasia State Park is one of the more difficult state parks to get a reservation at […]
Trip 4 – Silver Springs
Dates: July 18-21, 2024 Campsite: 40 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: get on the water early Would we go back: yes, but in the spring Website: Silver Springs State Park This is the second time we have been to Silver Springs. Though we had […]
Trip 3 – Bahia Honda
Dates: July 12-14, 2024 Campsite: 12 Amenities: Electric, water What we learned: It is good to have friends that can assist in booking a tough campsite Would we go back: Yes Website: Bahia Honda Our friends go to Bahia Honda every summer for 2 weeks […]
Trip 1c – Faver Dykes State Park
Dates: April 20-21, 2024 Campsite: 22 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: We do not have to go to all the state parks Would we go back: No Website: Faver Dykes State Park We drove A1A from Jacksonville and stopped in St Augustine to check […]
2023 Recap
We did not travel as much as we wanted to in 2023. Mostly due to the campgrounds being booked in the winter and spring, so we took that time and redesigned our front yard with native plants and added a driveway so Floridays will have […]
Trip 16 – Wekiwa Springs State Park
Dates: Dec 22 – 26, 2023 Campsite: 18 Amenities Water, Electric, Sewer What we learned: Taking 2 vehicles has good sides and bad sides Would we go back: yes Website Wekiwa Springs State Park This is the 2nd Christmas in a row we have camped. […]
Trip 10b – Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
We did not stay at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park this weekend, we just stopped by to check it out on the way home. As it is very wet we wanted to see what the park looked like and what we would see. We always […]
Trip 10a – Highland Hammock
Date: Sept 22-24, ,2023 Campsite: 124 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: Visit friends while you are near them Would we go back? Yes, once catwalk is fixed Website: Highland Hammock State Park Highland Hammock State Park is about 2 1/2 hours from our home. […]
Trip 9b – Bulow Plantation, Gamble Rogers
Date: Sept 4 – 6, 2023 Campsite: 27 Amenities: Water, Electric What we learned: Get up early Would we go back? yes Website: Gamble Rogers State Park After a short morning kayak trip up Bull Creek to photography the Scarlet Rosemallow, a Hibiscus species found […]