Another Nice Paddle & Another Bike Ride

We have been here at Cyprus Glen Campground for more than a week and the place is still fairly empty. There are lots of campers in FL but I don’t know what kind of campgrounds they are looking for.

The bridge you see in the distance is I-75.

We have large sites, electric & water and the cost for seniors is only $15/night.

Another couple arrived with a canoe, paddled one day and left.

The top picture show the new canoe dolly I bought to take the load off my back, which I hurt last year. It is aluminum, folds flat and weighs only 5 pounds. One person can pull the canoe with ease even on soft ground.

On Wednesday we paddled upstream for about 3 1/2 miles. There were not as many birds but we finally saw one big alligator that we frightened. We paddled for 2-1/2 hrs.

On Thursday we biked south on the Withlacoochee State trail. It is a nice wide paved trail with lots of riders but first we have a 1-1/2 mi ride out of our campsite on a hard packed road to get to the trail. We biked the steep overpass over US98 and turned around about 2 miles before the trail ended.

On our way back, Peggy rested at the Ridge Manor Trailhead while I peddled down the highway for 3/4 mi to shop at the big Winn-Dixie. I have nice shopping bag pannier that can hold a lot of groceries.

There is a nice laundromat here so when we leave on Monday we will stop back here for some clothes washing.

For the first time since we got to FL, we had some overnight rain and a big cool down. It got down to 50^o and tomorrow morning it may hit 40^o, but at least it’s better than the big snowstorm that is hitting the Great Lakes.