Relaxing in the Woods

We’re near Lake City Florida in a national forest called Ocean Pond. The place is absolutely wonderful during the week. We have a big site on the lake with water and electricity for only $12 per night. Cell phone service is good with several good TV channels. Squirrels are the entertainment. Several are in view at all times.

At a certain point of the evening, the quiet ends when the frogs start up. The first night we were inside watching TV when I heard this noise. Given the beat that I heard, I thought it was the neighbors with music blaring. Just the frogs!

However on weekends, the place is a zoo. Every site seems to have 2-4 cars parked along with 2-4 tents and RV’s per site. Kids are everywhere and the beer flows. We survived.

The campground is a good place for hiking and biking. There are quite a few geocaches within biking distance plus there is a swamp on the hiking trail.

Nearby is the Olustee Battlefield. It was the site of the largest Florida battle and one of the bigger ones during the Civil War. They filmed part of the movie Glory here during the annual reenactment. They had a controlled burn a couple of weeks ago, so it was interesting to see the palmetto plants already returning.