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18 02 2008

Camping at Wright Lake in the Apalachicola National Forest

Posted by: onceuponatime in Apalachicola National Forest, Florida, RV Travel, tags: , , , ,

RVing at Wright Lake was Ribbiting Performance (ribbit ribbit!!)wright_lake_sign.jpg

The curtain rises on Wright Lake with a soothing intro, that of lots of frogs singing their songs. Its a lovely little lake in the Apalachicola wilderness.
wright_lake_oyster_can.jpg The 26 foot Oyster Can of Adventure fit just fine into one of the very shaded spaces near the lake, and 8 bucks bought a site with water only, and a nearby bath house. So the Oyster can went into Inverter and fans mode with lp gas running the fridge.
But be warned , If you come out to these boonies you just might croak, just to fit in with the neighbors that is.. After the Sun takes its bow, with a stylish exit, and the moon caresses the waters, this lake comes alive with the singing of the night. Frogs sing the lead and katydids are on percussion. The rest of natures night instruments chime in regularly to add to the night time wonderment.wright_lake2.jpg

For a lover of nature, this is a great campsite, in some ways for what the camp site did not have.

There was no motor-coach of mongo hugeness 2 inches from my door so huge that there is a convention center in one of the slide outs
there was not 1000 screaming preteen-vermin swarming though my campsite.

The only real annoyance was the yellow files or horse flies but Deep Woods Off bug repellent helped with that problem. I had the place almost to myself as there was only the very friendly camp host, the camp doggies, and a tenter. Yep, that was it.
wright_lake_me.jpgI have here a pic of me trying to “out tacky” the birds and flora while I enjoyed rambling around on the bicycle of adventure and walking, invading random trails.
The lake was a bit shallow due to the Florida drought, but it was at least there and was a decent lake still, and it was wet, so I even went for a dip/wade in the lake swimming area. and didn’t get eaten by anything (though these cute little minnows were looking at me funny).
There is a 4 mile + trail for the very adventurous, but I just did the short one that goes around the lake and went on a few random bike jaunts.

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