a floridays journey

a floridays journey

Category: Florida State Park

Last But Not Least

Last But Not Least

The last 2 night stop on this trip was at Colt Creek State Park, on the north side of Lakeland FL. We needed to go to the Truma repair center in Lakeland to get the heater in Floridays fixed as it is only working on […]

Way Down Upon The Swanee River

Way Down Upon The Swanee River

Stephwn C Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs Florida is located on the Swanee River. The state song of Florida is “Old Folks at Home”, which was written by Stephen C Foster in 1851. You might know it better by it’s first […]

Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations

We were searching for some good vibrations for 1 night and we found it, a water front campsite at St Andrews State Park in Panama City, FL. So Easter Sunday we picked up and headed off to soak up some good vibrations at the beach. […]

Checking Out A New Time Zone

Checking Out A New Time Zone

We drove through Alabama on our way back to Florida and we crossed over into the Central Tome Zone where we will spend the next 3 nights. Eufaulla AL looks like a cool place to stay and explore. Our first stop is Three Rivers State […]

Springtime On The First Coast

Springtime On The First Coast

Living in the slow lane allowed us time to visit St Augustine again prior to our Georgia excursion. Anastatsia State Park was our first stop, which I had booked over a year ago as it is one of the most difficult parks to reserve a […]

Saved The Best For Last

Saved The Best For Last

Silver Springs State Park is at the top of our list for favorite state parks. We camped here in 2023 and 2024. Each time was good and I figured to end our 7 week trip here would be the cherry on top. The afternoon we […]

Manatee, Hippo and History

Manatee, Hippo and History

Hillsborough River State Park also canceled our reservations due to hurricane damage in the campground, so we booked the nights at Seven Sisters Campground in Homosassa FL. The Crystal River and Homosassa area of Florida is another favorite of ours. There is so much to […]

Back To The Rivers

Back To The Rivers

Our next 2 stops were for kayaking more rivers. Little Manatee River State Park and Alafia River State Park. The rivers were both low but still beautiful. Alafia State Park is geared more towards moutain biking than kayaking. There is no lauch to the Alafia […]

No Water, No Canopy Walk, No Problem

No Water, No Canopy Walk, No Problem

Myakka River State Park is also suffering from hurricane damage. The park has no potable water but the ranger station has free 1 gallon jugs of drinking water. The famous canopy walk and bird boardwalk are damaged and undergoing repair. We did not let this […]

Do You Think We Will See a Scrub Jay?

Do You Think We Will See a Scrub Jay?

Oscar Scherer State Park is located in Osprey FL. Other campers have said this is one of their favorite parks and we found out why. We paddled, hiked, and biked. The launch for South Creek is in the park and we kayked the creek and […]