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| View from our campsite of the Caloosahatchee River |
We arrived here on Thursday and are settled in now after some shopping and setting up. We're very pleased with this park. It's the usual well-maintained, well-thought out campground that the Army Corps of Engineers offers. Every campsite has a level concrete pad and a covered picnic table.
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| These campsites are great! |
The campground is almost entirely surrounded by the Caloosahatchee River, so nearly every site has a waterfront view. The Caloosahatchee River is part of the Lake Okeechobee waterway, and this park is part of the lock system running from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico. There is good fishing here, although we aren't going to bother getting a license. We will certainly put our canoe in the water though, since it should be really interesting traveling up the river towards Lake Okeechobee. We got our canoe cart right before we left the Keys, and we're very anxious to try it out.
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| As you can see, the Caloosahatchee River is right at our doorstep |
We are only about 15 minutes to the Fort Myers beaches, and probably about 30 minutes from Sanibel Island. I'm sure that we'll go to the beach a few times while we're here. If it gets too hot there's a swimming beach on the South side of this park. There's even a dog beach at Lovers Key that we thought we'd take Mirra to. Today we took her to Barkingham Park, and she's really tired out as you can see from the photo.
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| Miracle chilling on the couch after a run at the Barkingham Dog Park |
Looks like we'll have an enjoyable two weeks here before we head back to the Keys.
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| Lock system at W.P. Franklin N. park |
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| Another view from our campsite |
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