Central Florida – Louisa, Mickey and a Rally

Journal #18

October 31 - Nov 2 Camping 

November 3 - Nov 7, 2018 at WDW.

As you recall in a prior journal, we hurried into Florida from Georgia on October 9, just ahead of Hurricane Michael, running east toward Jacksonville, Fl. Good old Google gives us a map of our month’s travels and here it is. We leave Florida on Nov 9, so we seem to have spent an entire month in the Sunshine State.

Lake Louisa State Park

Yet another awesome Florida State Park! Lake Louisa State Park near Clermont (just west of Orlando) includes five or six lakes in a string of lakes along the hilly part of central Florida. It seems that this part of the state was the only land thousands of years ago and was a string of islands that were isolated from the rest of the continent. 

The Atlantic Ocean deposited sand dunes on the east side and the Gulf of Mexico slapped along the west sides. Today we have rolling sandy hills and dozens of small lakes. 

We climbed on our bikes and put in about 13 miles exploring these lovely paths and marshes.

Disaster Averted

As we are leaving this state park at the dump station, a fellow RVer (an angel in disguise) notices a very large lump in our tire… on the internal inside. So we head to Clermont and a Tire store. Sure enough, the angels traveling with us had gone into action. That tire was ready to blow … disaster averted. A New tire … those babies are expensive, but worth the money … no more Chinese tires. Now, when Dan does his routine walk around before we drive, he runs his hand around the inside of the tires.

Walt Disney World

How could we be so close to Orlando and not go to Walt Disney World? In fact, we had added this to our plans long ago in January responding to a Rally call. A fellow Roadtrekker put together a Roadtrek Rally at the campground inside WDW at Fort Wilderness. There are 30 Roadtreks in our campground and we meet some friends we had camped with at previous rallies and made many new friends enjoying a group event every day.

 

Five days, four WDW Parks and an average of 18,000 steps a day make for an invigorating experience.

I am not writing up an extensive journal on this adventure … for many reasons… there is not enough memory in my computer; if you’ve been here, you know; if you have not been here, how can we explain the multitudinous experiences, live shows, rides, thrills, displays, animals and food. 

It truly is a whole world.

The live performances are colorful, talented and incredibly entertaining. We will say that Animal Kingdom and Epcot are our favorite parks and evening is more fun than the daytime. 

The animals in Animal Kingdom are NOT animatronics, they are living breathing beautiful creatures set in natural settings ... in fact, one enormous natural setting … where the animals roam free interacting with one another.  

The campground, Fort Wilderness, is amazing, high-tech, huge with spacious sites and all the necessities … not a parking lot here.

In addition, if you ever plan to come here, let us know ...  we have collected a lot of insider tips.

Next: Westward Ho!

 
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