Jonathan Dickinson State Park

 Photos first this time.  Easier with slow wifi!

Large Blue Heron we saw on our first paddle.

Wild pig coming to the river to drink

Interesting bloom that Paul found on our hike Saturday

Might be the same big heron we saw on our first paddle

We arrived at Jonathan Dickinson SP ttwo hours too early! We were forced to go to kill some time, as our spaces were not vacated. Check-out is at 1:00 pm and check-in at 3:00. We headed back up the road to Publix and McDonalds for shopping and wifi. Dee and Paul had discovered that Publix has great Key Lime Pies as well as Key Lime/Mango and Kiwi/Strawberry. We are managing to go through a pie about every two days...yum...and so far we are not getting tired of the flavors.

The park is quite large at Jonathan Dickinson. We are in the river camping area which has more trees than the Pine Grove campground, which is just in a large field. There are a total of 130 campsites in all 30 in the river area, which is also adjacent to the boat launch. We have been able to carry the kayaks over and are quickly in the water. This state park is just north of Palm Beach and has an entirely different ambiance than the others. This is much more of a city campground vs the isolation we have just left behind. The sites are also smaller and unfortunately the bathrooms are the worst we've had on the entire trip!

Thursday, March 1 we got on the river fairly early, before 10:00 and paddled for well over 90 minutes. We saw great blue and little blue herons, lots of osprey in the air and in their nests. It was a lovely paddle to be sure. In the afternoon we got in a nice bike ride and went to the top of Hobe mountain which looms 86' above sea level and is the highest natural point in southern Florida.

There are campers and then there are campers. Last evening we had bikini clad young women whooping it up for a while. Now we are getting more new folks in who have yappy dogs and a diesel Dodge pickup with unbelieveable loud exhaust.. There ought to be a law against yappy little dogs.

Friday, March 2, we got in both a nice hike and paddle! Granted, there was some wind when we paddled, but it was still great fun! The Loxahatchee River has many meanders and so we were constantly in and out of the wind.

Saturaday we will depart for the Everglades and we won't have wifi after we get there so for nine whole days we'll not be communicating with you. We'll catch up in mid March with what we have seen and done!

We arrived at Jonathan Dickinson SP ttwo hours too early! We were forced to go to kill some time, as our spaces were not vacated. Check-out is at 1:00 pm and check-in at 3:00. We headed back up the road to Publix and McDonalds for shopping and wifi. Dee and Paul had discovered that Publix has great Key Lime Pies as well as Key Lime/Mango and Kiwi/Strawberry. We are managing to go through a pie about every two days...yum...and so far we are not getting tired of the flavors.

The park is quite large at Jonathan Dickinson. We are in the river camping area which has more trees than the Pine Grove campground, which is just in a large field. There are a total of 130 campsites in all 30 in the river area, which is also adjacent to the boat launch. We have been able to carry the kayaks over and are quickly in the water. This state park is just north of Palm Beach and has an entirely different ambiance than the others. This is much more of a city campground vs the isolation we have just left behind. The sites are also smaller and unfortunately the bathrooms are the worst we've had on the entire trip!

Thursday, March 1 we got on the river fairly early, before 10:00 and paddled for well over 90 minutes. We saw great blue and little blue herons, lots of osprey in the air and in their nests. It was a lovely paddle to be sure. In the afternoon we got in a nice bike ride and went to the top of Hobe mountain which looms 86' above sea level and is the highest natural point in southern Florida.

There are campers and then there are campers. Last evening we had bikini clad young women whooping it up for a while. Now we are getting more new folks in who have yappy dogs and a diesel Dodge pickup with unbelieveable loud exhaust.. There ought to be a law against yappy little dogs.

Friday, March 2, we got in both a nice hike and paddle! Granted, there was some wind when we paddled, but it was still great fun! The Loxahatchee River has many meanders and so we were constantly in and out of the wind.

Saturaday we will depart for the Everglades and we won't have wifi after we get there so for nine whole days we'll not be communicating with you. We'll catch up in mid March with what we have seen and done!