We had one last paddle before leaving Myakka River SP. As you can see we tried a very small tributary to the river; it was not a wise choice. We were finally stopped by downed trees and the narrow waterway was not comfortable for us with the residents so close, see the slide show. We really enjoyed our 2 weeks at Myakka River State Park. The wildlife is always such a treat there.
We moved here to Oscar Shearer Feb. 28th and will leave March 14th. We were so pleased to see the Sarasota Folk Festival was scheduled for March 6 & 7. We spent the weekend immersing ourselves in folk, bluegrass, and gospel. Many of the performers were songwriters doing their original works. What a treat. There were 3 stages running simultaneously so there was a lot of music. The weather was still cool but the sun helped during the day. We darn near froze ourselves though at the Saturday evening performance! We had our layers with winter coats, wool socks, scarves and gloves but forgot to take a blanket to wrap around our legs!! Welcome to Florida 2010!
Our Aliner friends, Forrest and Lynn, camped with us for a few days at the start of our stay. It was a treat to share some of our experiences with them. Lynn treated us to a great macaroni and cheese dinner with all the fixings. We hiked the “Green Trail” to see scrub jays and a bald eagle on a nest. We found out later that there is a juvenile in the nest also. The picture above shows one of our evening Yahzee sessions. It was too cold to sit out at a fire!
This park is nice. The Legacy rail to trails path is nice for biking. There are 3 trail systems in the park with other nature trails. The volunteers here organize quite a nice program for campers including Thursday morning pancake breakfast, Wednesday evening ice cream social, and Thursday jam sessions to name a few. There are many beaches close to the park. Turtle Beach is good for shelling, and Caspersen Beach is good for hunting shark’s teeth. Les had to get me a tool for the teeth hunting and we made our pretty well for beginners. There is a creek here that is good for paddling which we did and were treated to a pelican fishing for dinner by diving over and over in the water. In the slideshow you will see a Little Blue heron eating breakfast. We are really enjoying the wildlife of this state.
We leave here Sunday, March 14th, heading inland to a new park, Highland Hammock for just a week. We will try 3 new parks on our way north and see if they are interesting for another trip.
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