Got an early start, and decided to skip our planned Georgia stop and head straight for Florida. Weather has been so ridiculously cold we decided to get as far south as possible as fast as possible. We headed to Osceola National Forest near Lake City, made good time and arrive at the ranger station by about 3:00 pm. Before leaving, we went to great pains to get our horses the new 6-month passports because we had heard how tough it was to get into Florida without all of the up-to-day paperwork, Coggins and health certificates and so on. So when we pulled into the Agricultural Inspections station, Hubby was ready to go with our shiny new passports. The inspectors said they were the first ones they had ever seen! They had heard about them, but our were their first! Passed through, no problem!
Once we got into Osceola, we ran into a lot of hunting traffic. Missed a turn and had to take a side road, which was pretty rough in places, made harder by the number of trucks that were parked along the edge of the one-lane road. Last weekend for general gun season, apparently, and the ranger said it would be much quieter by Monday. Since our plan is to take Sunday off, that works fine with us!
Arrived in the campground next to the West Tower, which is free, around 4:30. It has a central spigot and a flush toilet. Several larger trailers were here for the hunters, a bus with a family living in it, surrounded by tents and using two of the four covered stall as their laundry-drying space. Another van with an older man apparently living in it was there as well. Not exactly uptown, but sometimes you only get what you pay for. Though we had originally planned on putting the horses in the stalls overnight (forecast temps were STILL in the teens, despite being in Florida), we decided against it, and circled the wagons in a way that would protect them from the north wind, and highlined them just outside the patio door. Cocktail hour started a little late, but we were settled in, quite possibly for the week!
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