We finally made it to Florida and stopped at the welcome
station to take celebratory photos.
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| Florida Welcome Center |
After that we made our way to Osceola National Forest. We
almost made it before dark but Beka didn’t know the symbol of the exits on the
map so we took the 10 past Osceola and had to drive about half an hour out of
the way before heading into the campground. The sunset through the rows of
planted pine trees was beautiful and the drive out of the way was still very
pretty. Oseola National Forest is a gorgeous park. Beka and I went for a short
night hike and got quite turned around because we couldn’t find any trails and
just walked down the dirt back road. There were a few frogs and geckos out at night.
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| Green Tree Frog |
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| Eastern Spadefoot Toad |
Waking up in the morning was refreshing and relaxing. Ocean
Pond Campground has fantastic views of both sunrise and sunset.
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| Ocean Pond Campground, Osceola National Forest in Florida |
The lake looks like a gorgeous spot for some canoeing or
kayaking. Unfortunately there isn’t much near the campground in terms of hiking
trails. The campground does have a trail that links up to the Florida Scenic
Trail.
This trial doesn’t loop so you
need to walk down the trail and back the same way. The trail is nice and takes
you through some older planted pine forests with a low palm understory.
The most I saw during the day were a few
lizards. The morning we were leaving the park a Woodcock was foraging for food
in our campsite and doing the typical Egyptian dance. I didn’t get great video
of it but this person showed a fantastic rendition of it >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQxOa7chHew
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| Ocean Pond Campground, Osceola National Forest in Florida |
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| Ocean Pond Campground, Osceola National Forest in Florida |
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