Days 68, 69, 70
April 18, 19, 2016
Jonathan Dickinson State Park is in Hobe Sound, Florida. It is nestled in between the two busy towns of Jupiter and Stuart. Once we hit the mainland, you know the traffic started all over again. We are on our way North, but plan on taking our time. The view below is in Jupiter.
Jonathan Dickinson is one of our favorite Florida State Parks/campgrounds.
Hobe Tower is one reason.
E T our lookout dog is a very good spotter.
Another reason this is a great park is it’s access the Loxahatchee River. It can be a tricky paddle, because of the tides and currents, but if you time it right it can be perfection. Our first stop on arrival at the park is the Kimball Education Center to talk to a Ranger. We tell her our plan for an early morning paddle out to Trapper Nelson’s Camp. She looks up the tide info for us and tells us we are right on for a 7:00 a.m. start. It is a 4 hour paddle. Unfortunately, we are here off season and the Camp is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We will not be able to get off at the dock and tour the Camp. That’s o.k. with us. We have been there before and know next time we are in the area will try again. We were the first two paddlers out on the river on a beautiful cool, calm morning. We saw an alligator, lots of turtles, osprey and even a bald eagle with two fledglings. On the river I’m limited to taking photos from my camera. None of my bird or alligator photos came out decent 🙁
One of the afternoons we headed over to dog friendly, Stuart Beach. E T loved playing in the waves with this huge coconut that she found.
While walking the beach David asked me if I could live here. With this view I said “Yes”!
We can all dream right???
Next Stop … Sebastian’s Inlet State Park. We have a reservation here for NEXT YEAR for two weeks and want to check it out. It has been on our list of “recommended” must stays for awhile. David is on line 11 months to the day, everyday, booking for next year.
We don’t have a reservation for tonight. We’re hoping to get in on a cancellation. Otherwise we’ll just check out the park and campground and look for a commercial campground.
Up early again!!! Megan would be proud 🙂
Nice