When we got to our destination for the next 3 days Hillsborough River State Park. We have been here several times because we love the river and the bike trails around the park.
It was cool when we unloaded the bikes and our canoe. A friendly camper neighbor helped lift it down from the RV.
The campsite I picked was right across from the canoe launch.
We rested on Thursday since I was coming down with a cold that I caught while back home.
On Friday I felt even worse so all we did was a short walk along the river. Then the cold front came in bringing rain and thunderstorms. Then most of the day Saturday the temperature started to drop and the rain continued off and on. At 1 PM the rain stopped and I wanted to paddle the river since we were leaving on Sunday. It was cool and there were no turtles or alligators and of course no other paddlers but we did see a few birds. Anhinga's, Egrets and a big Red tail hawk. We paddled down to Dead River Park and back in less than 2 hours including our rest stop at the park.
We got our bikes and canoe back up on the RV, again with a little help from a camper. We heard from Bob Nicholson our long tome paddling friend who now lives in CO. He left on Tuesday and is driving to Florida and is going to meet up with us at Fort Desoto Park in St Petersburg. Can’t wait to hear the story of his drive since he left right when this storm was sweeping across the country.
very pretty. Brian and I paddled that river. Lots of gators I remembeer
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