We recently took a day trip to Myakka River State Park in Florida. Funny story – We thought it was about 10 minutes away. Imagine our suprise when google maps told us it was forty minutes! No matter, we already had sunscreen on, the kids loaded, and we were ready to roll, so even though it was early afternoon and it’s getting darker earlier, we went anyway. It’s the rainy season here and we knew that things would be mushy, but we were really hoping to get to the canopy walk. Sadly, the path was more than just a little wet!
See the white sign in the middle left of the picture? That’s the path! I don’t know how close we were, but we had been walking on palm branches to get through some of the mushy stuff. We opted to take the nature trail for a little bit and then headed back to the car to do the drive through the park.
We were happy to find out that there are several campgrounds there (they also have cabins). Camping is very reasonable – $26/night for water & electric. They also have primitive camping if that’s more your style – we’re talking back country primitive – hike in with your stuff, don’t get eaten by the wildlife kind of primitive. In my mind primitive means no hookups. Hah! So, while I like hiking, I also like being in something a little more substantial than a tent! Plus primitive & three young kids just don’t mix! So, we’ll be going back to check out the full facility campgrounds, after the rainy season ends.
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