You guys, I know I said this last month when I was talking about Rainbow Springs, but I think I now have a new favorite spring (or at least a Top 3)! Kelly Park is home to Rock Spring (so it's often referred to as Kelly Park/Rock Springs), located in Apopka (try saying that three times fast), a mere 30-40 minutes north of downtown Orlando. …
We recently had the good fortune (even if it was hurricane-induced) to camp at Rainbow Springs State Park for a few days! You can read all about our adventures (including tubing near an alligator) on that trip here. After spending a few days at Rainbow Springs we realized there is SO MUCH information that really needs to be shared to help others make the most…
Stay for the Hurricane, Evacuate for the Power Outage We all know people in Florida are crazy. After all, Florida has alligators, several varieties of poisonous snakes, fire ants, sinkholes, sharks, tourists, heat, humidity, and . . . hurricanes, and yet we still make our homes here. Living in Florida you have to be a certain amount of tough - and a certain amount of crazy. So…
So you're ready to go camping! Congrats! But now you have to figure out what to pack. Pack too much and you can't fit it all in the car. Forget to pack something and you're stuck in the woods without a "must have" item! But we're here to help! The most popular series of questions we get asked is: "How do you pick up and go…
It was late August and we were itching for some camping. It was still too hot to camp in Florida, but we wanted to avoid the long drive to North Carolina. Where to go that's not too hot or too far? Oak Mountain State Park to the rescue! For those unfamiliar with Oak Mountain State Park, it is located in Pelham, Alabama, just south of Birmingham (a short…
