{"id":5602,"date":"2019-02-26T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:02:09","slug":"back-to-lithia-springs-for-5-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=5602","title":{"rendered":"Back to Lithia Springs for 5 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

We hoped we could find a site at Fort Desoto in St Petersburg but there were no reservations available starting on a Thursday so we decided to go back to one of our favorite campgrounds, Lithia Springs. We got there at 9 AM on Thursday morning and they said that 5 people hadn\u2019t renewed and maybe somebody would be leaving, check-out time is 11 AM. We lucked out, a camper left Site 37 which was the same river campsite we stayed at last month. It was the only site that became available that day.\"LithiaSpringsSite37-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We found out that they never cleaned out the log\u00a0 jam on the Alafia River so if we paddled we would still need to do a portage. We decided to stick to biking around the Fish Hawk Ranch bike trails.
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\"AlligatorFHRanchPond\"<\/a>It was really hot so we did two early morning 13 mile tandem bike trips on Friday and Sunday It finally cooled down on Monday and on our last day we did another 12 mi trip. Other than a short in and out all three trips were on totally different trails. Peggy loves the nice curvy paths in the natural areas. \"Trail<\/a>For our first time we saw an alligator next to one of the ponds.<\/p>\n

One of the trails goes right down the middle of the high tension power lines but most of the trails are in very scenic areas.<\/p>\n

We will head back to Cypress Glen campground in the Withlacoochee National Forest on Tuesday, we have reservation for the same site we stayed at in December. They will close this campground after 3 days as they are finally getting around to re-leveling all the campsites. Bud & Pat , who we camped with at WP Franklin, with the Phoenix Cruiser from Highland Hts, OH are supposed to be there when we get there.<\/p>\n

Our plans are to visit our friends Paul & Helen in Inverness when we leave the campground, we will then head over to Silver Springs to do a scenic paddle.<\/p>\n

The weather turned really warm like last year, the red temps are above normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SUN\u00a0 2\/17<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Temp<\/b><\/p>\n

83\u00b0<\/strong> \/64\u00b0<\/p>\n

Hist. Avg.<\/b><\/p>\n

78\u00b0\/56\u00b0<\/p>\n

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MON\u00a0 2\/18<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Temp<\/b><\/p>\n

85\u00b0<\/strong> \/71\u00b0<\/p>\n

Hist. Avg.<\/b><\/p>\n

78\u00b0\/56\u00b0<\/p>\n

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 TUE\u00a0 2\/19<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Temp<\/b><\/p>\n

89\u00b0<\/strong> \/68\u00b0<\/p>\n

Hist. Avg.<\/b><\/p>\n

78\u00b0\/56\u00b0<\/p>\n

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WED\u00a0 2\/29<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Temp<\/b><\/p>\n

83\u00b0<\/strong> \/70\u00b0<\/p>\n

Hist. Avg.<\/b><\/p>\n

77\u00b0\/56\u00b0<\/p>\n

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 THU\u00a0 2\/21<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Temp<\/b><\/p>\n

82\u00b0<\/strong> \/70\u00b0<\/p>\n

Hist. Avg.<\/b><\/p>\n

73\u00b0\/55\u00b0<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

 FRI\u00a0 2\/22<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Temp<\/b><\/p>\n

86\u00b0<\/strong> \/72\u00b0<\/p>\n

Hist. Avg.<\/b><\/p>\n

73\u00b0\/55\u00b0<\/p>\n

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SAT\u00a0 2\/23<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actual Temp<\/b><\/p>\n

86\u00b0<\/strong> \/72\u00b0<\/p>\n

Hist. Avg.<\/b><\/p>\n

74\u00b0\/56\u00b0<\/p>\n

Bike 13 Mi<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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