Harvest Host, Gamble Rogers State Park, Silver Springs State Park

Tonight we are at our fourth unique place to spend the night. On our way from Raleigh, we stayed one night at Coach’s Corner, a Harvest Host just east of downtown Savannah, then to Gamble Rogers State Park for 5 nights where we met the Harmans for a portion of the stay. We were on the ocean dunes in site 33; it is a lovely place with clean restrooms and water and electric at each site. There is a second camping area by the Intercostal Waterway with some hiking trails on the inland side and a long ocean beach to enjoy on our side.

We then moved to Silver Springs State Park along with Rusty and Janet. We stayed seven days, two on site 8 and five on site 2. Silver Springs has the most spacious sites of any campground we have experienced. They are level and well cared for. A few have sewer along with the standard water and electric found in most Florida State Parks. Silver Springs was beautiful. We hiked several long trails, kayaked on the Silver River, walked on the grounds of the old tourist attraction and visited their excellent history museum. This is a park we would like to come back to next year.

We are 40 miles north at another Harvest Host, Sweet Roots Organic Farm, near Gainesville. We attended church and enjoyed brunch with Carin and Evan Gunter, two special people. Carin is the daughter of Jill, our friend from Knoxville. Her husband, Evan, is working toward a Masters in performance music at the University of Florida..