My First Week at Oscar Scherer State Park was very busy

 

Sunday was my birthday and while I was doing a zoom call with my daughters who were at Joan’s home celebrating a belated Christmas my three tooth bridge fell out of my mouth. It was feeling loose all week and it finally let go.

So I started to explore where I could find a dentist near Osprey, FL. Well just down the street from my new campground, about a mile, was a very large dental provider called, Dental Care at Casey Key. 

On Monday 1/16 I checked into my campsite #88, it was small but private behind the palms and mangroves and right across from the bathrooms.

Oscar Sherer campground is a hidden gem surrounded by housing developments and major highways, and it is right on the paved Legacy Bike Trail.

I was able see the dentist on Tuesday afternoon. I took a 14 mi bike ride to shop which included the 2 mile ride to my appointment. 

They took lots of x-rays and said they could not put the bridge back in and to prevent infection I would need to see an Oral Surgeon to remove two old teeth which were under the missing bridge. So they made an appointment on Thursday to have them removed. 

I called my Westlake dentist and he concurred with their approach. He felt I could wait until I came home in late March to make a new crown and the new bridge, since there would not be enough time to have one made while I was still here in the area.

So now I had Wednesday free to explore the Legacy Trail, which was the reason I decided to come to this park for two weeks.

The trail now runs from Sarasota to south of Venice with a new spur all the way over to North Port. Below is a link to a really good very detailed interactive map that shows Parking, Dining, Water, Restrooms, Bike Shops and Lodging and can be zoomed in to great detail.

Friends of the Legacy Trail Interactive Map

On Wednesday I peddled to south of Venice, another 19 mile round trip ride on the trail.

On Thursday it was time for pullen. The Oral Surgeon’s office, Suncoast Specialists, was much further away in Sarasota but it still could be reached by using the Legacy Trail. So I didn’t have to take any bike lanes on busy highways, I took a longer route to get there and back which made it about 22 miles. He did the extractions in 30 minutes and I slowly biked my way back to camp. So now Friday became a rest day for me to get the healing to begin.

By Saturday I decided I would jump on the trail again to shop for food and some sealant to seal some cracks in the old sealant on my 10 year old RV roof. It was cooler and I enjoyed the 18 mile shopping trip, stopping at Lowes, Walgreens, Walmart and a large RV dealer near the campground.

On Sunday, my RV friends, Barry & Sue are supposed to arrive, the have E-Bikes, I hope I can keep up with their speed when we go bike touring.

This is for Meg who loves Florida’s Critters