22 March 2016
For some reason, I woke at 5 am this morning and by 5:30, knew it was best to get up and put the coffee on. Breakfast was hot biscuits with strawberry jam and butter.
My goal for the day was to ride another segment of the Nature Coast Trail. This is a nine mile segment to Fanning Springs and, to be honest, I wasn’t sure I could do it.
The biggest problem was finding the old depot which is the trailhead. I Googled it and found no real address but did find a map that pinpointed it somewhere along SW 4th Avenue. The problem was it didn’t give any intersection. After about 30 minutes, I found the depot was now the chamber of commerce. I parked, sought out a restroom to keep from having to make pit stops where there were none. One review about the trailhead was the restrooms were iffy. That was a generous review. It was pretty filthy. The good news, upon my return, someone had cleaned it.
If you have read my blogs, you know one of my truisms about hiking – just when you think it can’t be any more up hill, there is. I propose a new truism for biking. In whatever direction you are going, there will be a head wind.
On the trip to Fanning Springs I was pedaling against a head wind. I was looking forward to a tailwind on the return. No such luck. The wind shifted 180.
The trip to Fanning Springs took 54 minutes with numerous stops for wildflower photography and one rest stop. I managed to average 10 mph on the outward bound segment. The return trip was faster because I had photographed everything I wanted on the outward bound portion. In all, the distance was 18.2 miles through mostly canopied trail. Best of all, it was overcast and about 72F for most of the round trip.
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It was just after 11:30 am when I made it back to the trailhead and I decided to check off another state park by visiting Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon. There are three sections to the park: a campground separate from the original tourist part and a tubing entrance.
The tubing entrance was closed so I headed to the main park area which was at one time a privately owned tourist “trap”. It was sold to Florida in 1990. To be honest, it didn’t do much for me with the tourist kitsch still obvious. Most of the grounds are tended by a local volunteer group and all the waterfalls were constructed for the tourists. It’s about an hour drive from Chiefland. At least I can check it off my list.
One thing that has made an impression on me is how many snow birds come down and stay in RV parks, state parks and campgrounds. One couple I met next to me was from Ontario and they had been in various campgrounds in Florida for the entire winter. They had an rv, were retired, and move from location to location. That’s why almost all these places have a duration limit for camping. Otherwise, they would stay in one location for the winter and no one else would get to use e camping sites.
Tomorrow, I pack up and return to Fort Lauderdale.
