Off to Koreshan

Sunday April 8, 2012
Koreshan State Park Site #37

 

But first, I must address an omission.

I was remiss in my previous blog not to have shown a picture of the Easter Basket and the very cool glittery blue bunny given to us by Roger and Carol who read the blog and kindly included no candies in the basket.  Instead, it contained  things they thought we could use including these Pink Flamingos.  I mean what’s an RV without Pink Flamingos right???   Notice that the Duckie brothers are not fazed by either the giant rabbit or the giant chick.  Thanks to Carol (and Roger)  J

 

Tucked in by the River

In our campsite at Lithia Springs for the past two weeks, we have been really ‘down by the riverside’ and it took a bit of maneuvering to get out.  But no dents, no dings, no scratches later we were on our way around the 18 speed bumps to the dump and out of the park.   Lithia Springs has a very nice campground but the swimming pool spring and especially the speed bumps make us question whether or not to return here for the up coming 2 weeks of treatment.  Stay tuned for the decision in about 7 days.

 

We take off for  Koreshan State Park.

The 140 miles drive was straight down I 75 and an easy drive on this Sunday. But it still took most of the afternoon at our pace.

We arrived around 4pm and got set up in site #37.  The park itself has 60 campsites placed fairly close together but separated by native foliage.

 

 

 

First thing after getting hooked up and leveled was for the king of recycling to make use of the park’s excellent facility.  He has been saving everything for two weeks as the county parks have no recycling.  Doesn’t he look “cool” ??

 

The park is the result of the donation of 305 acres and all the buildings by the last 4 living members of the Koreshan Unity Settlement to the state of Florida in 1961.  The Founder Dr. Cyrus R. Teed and his followers arrived here in 1894 to begin a Utopian community.  At that time Florida was totally undeveloped.  No roads, they came by water, up the Estero River.  Hard to even imagine now.

There is an interesting historic area on one side of the park and a boat ramp for kayaking or canoeing the tidal Estero River on the other.   PLUS the park is just minutes from Gulf Beaches.  We’re anticipating a busy vacation week before returning for another 2 weeks of treatment in the Tampa area.