Sunday, August 23, 2015

Summer 2015 - Wekiwa Springs State Park, Apopka, FL

Thursday, August 13th – Saturday, August 22nd

Wekiwa Springs State Park – Apopka, FL & Santos Campground

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The trip south included an overnight stop at an Army Corps campground on Lake Seminole in southwest Georgia. We had planned to stay there three nights, but changed our plans. We decided to go on to Santos Campground (near Ocala), one of our favorite mountain biking venues. We were able to stay there two nights and enjoy mountain biking for two days, riding when it wasn’t raining. After that we headed to Wekiwa Springs S.P., north of Orlando. We enjoyed six days there, working in our activities when it wasn’t raining. The weather actually got nicer as the week went on. We spent some time kayaking the Wekiva River and Rock Springs Run, swimming in the springs, hiking the beautiful trails and also biking some of the trails. This is one of the nicest state parks in Florida. We’ve been a few times and enjoy it so much. We also visited a local bar, Wekiva Island, nearby on the Wekiva River, which we can drive to or paddle our kayaks right up to the dock. It’s also one of our favorite activities when staying at this state park.
From there we headed home… looking forward (not) to 2-3 days of unloading, cleaning, laundry and shopping to get back into our home routine. It will be nice to spend some time with our friends whom we haven’t seen in two months. Time to plan our next trip in October!