March 29, 2016
In preparation for my cross country trip, I decided to do a couple of shake-down trips. One area which intrigued me was near Deland, Florida near the eastern edge of the Ocala National Forest called the Lake George State Forest Recreational Area. They have a 1.7 mile trail to hike and some of it borders the St. John’s River.
I packed everything on the 28th and loaded the jeep. This morning, I did my usual walk in the neighborhood, did my yoga stretches and then swam laps. By 10 am I was finished and I programmed the gps in the jeep and was off by 10:15. It was approximately a four hour, 30 minute drive, mostly along 95. I had a couple of bathroom breaks at rest stops along the way. Once to DeLand, my jeep gps disagreed with the Trails Florida directions. Finally, I loaded the iPad gps and found the entrance to the forest.
My instructions were to call the state forester in charge but apparently she is on vacation. Luckily, there’s another number of another district forester and she gave me the combination to the lock for the camping area. The charge (honor system) is $10 per night. If you travel further down the unpaved road, you have another fee for the pier, canoe launch and trail. That fee is $2 per day. You fill out an envelope and insert into a box with a weatherproof slot. The only problem was neither site had a pencil or pen and I forgot to pack one. There was one other person in the campsite but they were either asleep in a hammock or out walking.
I decided to pitch camp and worry about registration later. This was my second try at setting up the tent – the first try was in the back yard. A few mistakes were quickly corrected and it took about 19 minutes.
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Now to register. Remember, no pen. All was not lost; however. At the beginning of the trail is a sign in sheet with a pen. Unfortunately, it also wanted your tag. I remembered the first part but not the last. I finally got registered after walking the road back and forth to work the pen/tag roulette.
I walked back to campsite and the person who apparently was in the hammock was packing up to leave. I now have the entire campsite to myself. On the way back it started thundering. I had checked Weather Underground for the last three days and no rain was predicted. However, Dark Skies predicted rain in the next 12 minutes. Guess who was correct. I had just completed my dehydrated Spanish rice dinner and finished washing up and the sky opened up.
Warning signs about bears are everywhere. I do have bear spray with me in the tent but hopefully I will not have to use it. I walked the campground looking for bear scat but found none.
Looks like it’ll be an early night with all the rain.
