Our Florida Tour Part 6: Lake Kissimmee State Park, Naples; Monday, Nov 26 to Thursday, Nov 29

Our Florida Tour Part 6: Lake Kissimmee State Park, Naples; Monday, Nov 26 to Thursday, Nov 29

This is as different from Collier Seminole as we could want – thank Heaven! The majority of the sites are fairly large, and well-shaded, most with generous buffer between.  We didn’t have anything planned to do outside the park, and since everything is about 15 miles away, we stayed in the park until time to go to our next stop.  Turns out, this is a great park to do just that.

The road in the campground

Our nice, quiet site

There is a marina (with wi-fi) just a short distance from the large Lake Kissimmee (54.6 square miles),  an overlook that allows you to view the prairie between the marina and lake, several trails, and canoes for rent. We took some walks, saw a gazillion armadillos, caught up on email, saw nine turkeys, three wood storks lurking around the marina, a female Florida Cooter (turtle) laying her eggs and a couple of sandhill cranes.  

One of the turkeys

Wood stork - he'll never win any beauty prize

Two of the three wood storks hanging around the marina

Sandhill Crane

Florida Cooter after she laid eggs

It was a delightfully quiet time – not too many other folks in the park and sites well separated –so  we just chilled out during our stay. We were thrilled with the low-key time, especially after the nightmare at Collier-Seminole! 

Our time at Lake Kissimmee was over all too soon, but we plan on returning.