Upon our arrival on Friday evening we joined a guided tour of the park where we heard about the various trails and other points of interest. There are about 15 miles of trails in this park with one of them leading to one of the two places in Florida where one can see class two rapids.
During the week we hiked all of the trails except two which we hiked partially as they were impassible due to the heavy rain on Saturday. We biked every day and particularly enjoyed rides at dusk when all the night creatures started to come out. We saw deer, tortoises, one snake, lots of birds and bats.
On Wednesday we joined a group for a guided tour of Fort Foster, a fort built in the 1800's during the Second Seminole War. The Ranger who guided the tour provided lots of information and answered all questions about the fort and its artifacts.
On a very hot Thursday we drove to Plant City to experience The Florida Strawberry Festival. I have never seen so many food trucks selling deep fried everything; everything from deep fried Oreo cookies to chocolate covered bacon. I did try the deep fried mushrooms and of course we both had strawberry shortcake. We watched pig races, enjoyed listening to some music at a couple of the entertainment tents and looked at various exhibits and product booths.
Friday proved to be much cooler and cloudy. We had planned to go golfing but changed our plans and went to a movie after spending time at the public library to use the wifi.
Today we will visit with some friends in Zephyrhills. Since it hasn't rained for a week we are hoping to bike an 8 mile trail tomorrow. If not, we will do it next year. Off to the Atlantic side on Monday.
1 comment:
Sounds like a lovely expansive Park/camp.
Watch out for those critters.
Strawberry Shortcake..yum,Yum, YUM!
Be good
BB
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