{"id":4998,"date":"2017-01-11T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:20:23","slug":"our-last-day-at-fort-desoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=4998","title":{"rendered":"Our Last Day at Fort Desoto"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Fort<\/a>It was a cool three days here but at least we were not at home with the new snowstorm. The same front came down into FL causing freeze warnings north of us. However with the warm ocean all around us the temperatures were closer to 60o<\/sup>. We biked around the Island for two days after it warmed up. It was only about 11 miles to peddle to the fort and north beach and back.<\/p>\n

This is a really nice place to visit but the camp fees are $45 per night.<\/p>\n

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\"Bob<\/a><\/p>\n

Bob Nicholson will be travelling with us for the next week. He brought his inflatable paddle board. The water was too cool for me to give it a try but he never fell in \"Bob<\/a>and paddled around the Mullet Key Bayou.<\/p>\n

\"Bob<\/a><\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning we headed over to one of my favorite places Lithia Springs Park. It is on the Alafia River and has a large spring which is a swimming area. All the riverside sites were occupied but we got a nice site across from those sites.<\/p>\n

We found the river level was very low, 90 cfs, because there really has not been much rain here since October. Last year we paddled it at 120 cfs(Low) and 300 cfs(Good).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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