Later Saturday Rob & Shirley came back from their shopping trip and spent two more days with us before heading to Orlando.
We have a nice campsite right on the lake for easy canoeing access and 1/2 mile from the 46 mile bike trail.
On our paddle trip Saturday downstream from camp, we found the water was 3.8’ on the USGS 02312500 Gauge which was a nice level.
We made it to Hog Island and then paddled back upstream to camp, about 8 miles and 3 hours paddling.
We saw lots of birds and turtles and right near where we turned around we saw a really big gator. We didn’t notice his nice bed of flowers until I looked at the photo.
On Sunday I biked to town to buy some groceries and Peggy got a little rest. After saying goodbye again to our friends on Monday we went south on the bike trail for about a 10 mi round trip. Peggy made it up the bike highway overpass without walking so she is getting stronger.
On Tuesday it got a little warmer so we decided to go canoeing again. This time we went upstream past all 4 campgrounds for about a 7 mile round trip. It is not as scenic and there is not as much wildlife as the downstream section, Even though it was sunny we didn’t see any gators.
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so pretty. That alligator is huge
by the way, that campsite is amazing.