Koreshan State Park

 After a very, very long hiatus, it's about time to continue writing about our adventures since several people have asked..."where are you and what are you doing". Long story made real short we travelled to Florida this year without our fifth wheel, stayed one night in a hotel absolutely hated it, we're in our destination trailer until April, sold that trailer back in December, decided to do some tent camping, and finally we will be travelling back home... yes you got it, tenting it. That's pretty much the Coles notes version.

So, before travelling home we needed to test the waters... tenting it. Something Susan and I have not done in many, many years. Susan always lets me make the travelling decisions so I decided on something real close just in case she hated it...home would be literally just around the corner. The only stipulation Susan had was we had to have electricity and washrooms were nearby. That was easy done and done!!!

Koreshan State Park is less than 10 miles away. I have blogged about this park in the past (January 2017)so I'm not going to say much about the park. But we had never camped here. Setting up was pretty easy. No backing in, no putting out slides, no connecting power and water, and no sewer dumping. Just tent, air mattress, chairs, food, campfire...what else do ya need. 😁 

Our campsite... I made coffee Susan made breakfast

Brownie is just chillin'

Koreshan State Park is along the Estero River and boosts huge Oak trees with historic buildings and magnificent gardens. The campground has a total of 60 campsites all with water and power. Each site has a vegetation buffer which allows for privacy.

An abundance of limestone rock

Nice paved roads

Tall Slash Pines and Scrub Brush

Estero River

Boat and Canoe Launch...I've launched from here many times in the past

Being only a few miles from home and in the middle of a very populated area, the park has a feel of being in the middle of no man's land. During our longs walks there were plenty of birds and wildlife. The Gopher Tortoise in the state of Florida is listed as threatened. The tortoise and its burrow are protected under state law.

Gopher Tortoise

Yes, the nights were cool but we had a great couple of days. It's nice to do things out of your comfort zone. Susan indicated that she might want to do some tent camping again...yeah. But not anytime soon.

Morning campfires got to love it.