Campground Host Experiences Paynes Creek in Bowling Green Florida jolenemac455, May 9, 2014 Paynes Creek Historic State Park is located outside the small town of Bowling Green, Florida. It borders on one side by the Peace River and the Paynes Creek runs through the middle. You can hike, fish, bike, picnic and visit the visitors center during the day time. At night small… Continue Reading
Campground Host Experiences Troy Springs State Park Branford Florida jolenemac455, May 8, 2014 Troy Springs State Park in Branford, Florida is a small little park with a lovely spring right next to the Suwannee River. You can picnic, swim (when the water in the Suwannee River is down), scuba dive in the spring and canoe and kayak up and down the river as… Continue Reading
Campground Host Experiences Letter From Rainbow Springs State Park jolenemac455, May 7, 2014 We received this letter in response to our email inquiry about volunteer live on-site positions available at Rainbow Springs State Park. Like most of the Florida State Parks we have emailed in the last week or so they are in desperate need of late spring through early fall volunteers. To… Continue Reading
First Three State Parks jolenemac455, April 11, 2014 Our First Three State Parks have been great to visit and it would be nice to be able to stay more than 3 days at each one. So far, in our 10 Florida State Parks Vacation, we have visited Oscar Scherer State Park, Lake Manatee State Park and Little Manatee… Continue Reading
Campground Host Experiences Myakka River State Park WrapUp jolenemac455, April 3, 2014 Our last week as campground hosts at Myakka River State Park went about like you would expect. We got a wide variety of unexpected problems that week such as a tornado warning, loud camper complaint after 11:00pm, and a water warning. Of course, about three-fourths of the campground checked out… Continue Reading
Campground Host Experiences Its Heating Up Here jolenemac455, March 12, 2014 It’s Heating Up Here folks! Not only is the weather staying warmer longer and getting a little warmer everyday we are seeing more birds, more people and doing more work. The campgrounds here at Myakka River State Park are full everyday since we got here but with the warmer weather… Continue Reading