We left Manatee Springs this morning, headed for St George Island and hopefully better cell service. We enjoyed our time there but will likely never visit again. Once was enough. We did enjoy the walking trails, the daily visits from the deer, and a few side trips to Crystal River, Monkey Island, and Cedar Key.
Yesterday we took a drive down to Cedar Springs for the afternoon, explored the area, took a stroll through the main street and had a light lunch/dinner on the waterfront. It is a quaint little town, but I wouldn't want to stay for an extended period of time.
We haven't been able to post in a few days....busy moving to a new campground near Chiefland, FL, and settling in. To top it off, there is little to no cell signal here. They do have wifi at the Springs Concession area, which is where I am now.
We arrived on Monday afternoon and settled in. Having never been here before we explored while there was still daylight. Most of the campers have smaller units or tents as only a few sights are big enough to handle our size RV.
This morning Gus and I took a long walk, over 2 miles, down to the East Beach at Fort Desoto park. There are miles of beach here aside from the waterfront campsites on the other side of this series of islands south of St Petersburg. It was a little chilly, about 55, but blue skies, beautiful scenery, and sunrise made us forget about the chill in the air.
After a hearty breakfast and some housekeeping chores, we left Gus "at home" and took off for a bike ride down to the fort, the fishing pier and the beaches. We rode past the dog Park and some vendors selling ferry tickets to Egmont Key, and out to the fort and pier. We rode the path through the old ruins of a village used when the fort was active and got a good view of the Skyway Bridge. At the end of our ride we cruised through the other areas of the Campground where dogs are not allowed. Isn't that discrimination against dogs and dog owners???
