Our second campground is Oscar Shearer SP outside Osprey, FL. This cg is a little bigger than the last with 98 sites. Even though the sites are not quite as big, they are private with good vegetation between. They have lots of bath houses that are older but well maintained. Our site is on the creek but we don't have access to it. Other sites on the creek do have access to the creek, ones we will look for if returning. You can paddle the creek, see below. This park is more developed with a Nature Center where they hold activities from a good group of volunteers. There is biking here on a Rails to Trails that is about 6 miles in length. This park sits on it and has easy access. There seems to be more birds here. Eagles fish from the creek along with osprey. We return here in Feb., I'm glad we are returning. The weather continues to me good. It has cooled to t-shirt and long pants temps. but that is OK! Oh, we got a call Monday from Jane and Martin. They were down at their place in Sarasota and we were able to meet them for breakfast before they had to fly home.
More kayaking on the creek behind our site, South Creek. Since we are close to the bay and the water here is saltier, there are no alligators in the creek. Yeah! We had a nice paddle from our site to the Rt 41 bridge. The creek is very narrow and shaded as in the picture above for the beginning of the trip but widens gradually as you approach the bay. We stopped before the bay. Along the way we saw mangrove trees, palms, live oaks, oyster beds, eagles and herons. Bery nice.
Does this look familiar? We were touring a historic site, Spanish Point, where there is this house built 1901. We were amazed at the paneling and ceiling, just like the cabin. Another evidence that our 1900 building date for the cabin is probably correct. This tour was very interesting, having info on 3 phases of the history of this area: Prehistoric (Indian), Pioneer (1867 Webb family) and predevelopment (1910 Palmer family.
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