When we left Silver Lake we drove about 25 miles to Inverness, the home of our friends Helen & Paul Tempesta. Helen insists she loves to cook and made us a wonderful roast beef dinner, my favorite. It was nice to see them again and we camped in their yard.
On Sunday we left for our favorite campground Juniper Springs. I looked up when we had been here before. We camped and canoed here with the kids. in 1969, 1973 & 1975. The spring does not look that different from 48 years ago.
1969 View 2017 View
A lot more people paddle the river now. The park rents canoes & kayaks and can provide a shuttle for private boaters. One way that works out well for us is they can do a reverse shuttle for only $10. You drop your boat off at the put-in and then drive to the small parking lot at the take-out, where they will bring your driver back to the launch. The parking lot is small and has only a few parking places that we could fit our RV into, so I did the early 8:30 AM shuttle and got a parking spot. By restricting this enzyme, it allows the male genitalia on sexual arousal, thus leading to firm erection.http://www.learningworksca.org/a-golden-opportunity/ order generic cialis is the most competitive on online medical shops. In general, erectile dysfunction can have an extremely negative effect on the development of male impotence as it causes damage cialis without prescription click content and impairs the function of arteries that are necessary to the function of an erection. It is essential that women should be very supportive. http://www.learningworksca.org/contact/ viagra without rx Be sure to wait a few days, and continue with the prescribed pain medications before misinterpreting a “normal” pain! Fact #8: You may come across various commercial or generic cialis buy advertising products that claim to cure erectile dysfunction and enhance your sexual performance. Years ago, I used to do my own bike shuttle, but the narrow bike lane on the busy state highways is too scary for me now.
The temperature was barely 50oF but warmed to the mid 80’s when we took out.
I thought Monday would not be that busy for this 7 mile beautiful paddle down the shallow winding river. A canoe & two kayaks launched before we did but there had to be at least two dozen boats getting ready to launch. We saw nobody all day until about 2 miles before the end when we caught up to the three boats scouting the big rapid on the run. There is a big rock in the middle of a narrow chute but we didn’t make our run look too good. We paddled a little too left of the rock and clipped a small tree branch which turned us around. Maybe next time we will go a little slower and try not to show off.
This by far was the prettiest run of all our paddling in FL this year. I guess this is why we keep coming back, even though there is no power, water, TV or cell reception in the park. Ocala National Forest is large and has many wilderness campsites in the back country. But we love Juniper Springs for the beautiful spring and river. They take reservations here but they are only needed on the weekend.
Here is our planned route North to Ocean Pond and then to Stephen Foster Sate Park in the Okefenokee in Georgia.
After we paddle there if the weather looks OK in Cleveland, we plan to head up through GA to Columbia, SC and follow I-77 home.
Ahh, the memories of Juniper Springs:) Weather here is cold and snowy, but it's supposed to warm up this weekend. Travel safe!! Love you both.
So pretty