It wasn’t that long ago that Blue Spring State Park had hundreds of manatees swimming out of the river and up to the spring. It was when Florida had record cold (and snow!?). Immediately, I tried booking a campsite to coincide with my trip to Orlando for a Super Bowl weekend. Blue Spring SP is about an hour north of Orlando so it would be a perfect caboose to my weekend trip. Was I able to find a site, though? If you’ve ever tried to camp in a Florida State Park, you probably run into the same problems I have… availability! But the good news is I reserved a site for 3 days/2 nights, hoping to see these so-called manatees! I arrived on Monday, just two days ago. The weather is warm (not like the snow I mentioned before). Monday came and went, Tuesday is history. Today I’m packing up to head to north Florida but the question remains… did I see lots and lots of manatees!? I’ll post more details tomorrow (I have yet to pack up my camper so I don’t have much time to write at the moment) but I’ll leave you with this teaser: I saw a lot of wildlife. Some in the water. Some out of the water.
What I saw remains to be revealed so come on back tomorrow for a more in-depth review of the campsite experience!
-Out of the Wilderness
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