30 October 2017
It was a two hour and 40 minute drive to Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, north of the town of Okeechobee and the lake of the same name. Prairie is an apt description of the 54,000 acres of very flat, and since Hurricane Irma, very wet terrain.
I’m in campsite number 5 and fortunately there is no standing water. I think this park gets so few visitors that they really don’t stand on ceremony – checking you in, making sure you are toeing the line, etc. They are just glad to see you.
I pitched the 8-person tent and even set up the garage on the back in record time. Practice really does make perfect and even though it has been a while since I set this monster up, it went smoothly.
Tonight, for the first time, I am sleeping on a cot. After three nights on an air mattress, I find it more and more difficult to get upright from the ground. I purchased the cot from REI and it seems very sturdy and extra long. I also bought a self-inflating air mattress for the top of the cot to provide a little more insulation on cold nights. It really does self inflate and you only need to add a few puffs of air to top it off. I added a Hudson Bay type blanket and then my down sleeping bad and pillow, so I should be set for any cold weather. Tonight’s low is predicted to be 45F. The down bag is good down to 20F.
I decided to hike the very short Hammock Trail Loop next to the campsite. It was a 1.6 mile hike (according to my Garmin ETrex which may or may not be accurate). It was at least in the ball park of the stated distance on the map. About halfway through the hike, I stirred up Mr. and Mrs. Wild Hog and three little hoglets. Fortunately for me, they were more scared of me than I was of them.
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On the way back to the campsite, I did a small detour by the office and met Mr. Six Foot Alligator. Wild life seems abundant here.
This trip has already been a success for me in that I got a photo of a caracara bird. I’ve been trying to photograph this thing for 35 years. Usually, I see them along the roadside when I’m traveling 55-60 mph and by the time I get stopped and turned around, they’ve flown. There were two sitting on some posts across the road from the visitor center and very accommodating with their poses!
This park is considered the best place in Florida for stargazing. The ambient light from towns is negligible and I hope to try some star photography tonight. There is a moon so it won’t be the best but it’ll be interesting to see the milky way again.
Tonight’s dinner is home made beef stew. Breakfast will be sausage and biscuit with Blue bottle coffee.
