Just before I left Lithia Springs last Monday, 2/24 for 6
days at Silver Lake I found out that I needed to stay an extra day since my
Hillsborough River two day reservations starting on 3/2 was cancelled but I
could still stay for one night. I was heading back south again to Tampa to fly
to the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. That’s why I picked that campground.
Of course site 47 that I was going to would not be
available for that extra night. I lucked out since site 48 would be available
for one night, so today I moved over one site. I choose this site since it is
the closest site to the boat launch and also has a great view. I was here for
15 days in December on site 46. So all 3 of those sites are good but #47 is the best.
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| I’m always thinking about Peggy and today I swear I was seeing double. |
But I never did paddle this week; I decided to do a couple
of long bike rides on the beautiful trails instead.
The 46 mile Withlacoochee State Trail runs from near Dade
City to near Dunnellon, FL, and there is a newer 10 mi trail that starts in
Brooksville and intersects the Withlacoochee Trail near our campground. This
makes it easy to get in 3 different 25 mile round trip bike rides shown on map. I
needed to get a haircut so I wouldn’t look too shaggy on the upcoming BVI trip
and luckily a few years ago I found a good barber shop 1-1/2 mi after the end
of the trail near Trilby toward Dade City.
Even though my rides were mid-week I was surprised how many cyclists were on all three sections. When they first opened the Good
Neighbor trail I hardly saw anyone, this time I’ll bet I saw 25 riders on that trail on Friday. So tomorrow I head a little south on US-301 and maybe I can paddle on the Hillsborough River. Then a few more miles and I'll leave my RV at the Tampa airport large vehicle parking lot. They charge the same as I pay for camping and they don't have any hookups. My solar panels will keep my refrigerator running and my bateries charged for the week I'll be gone.
