Lake Kissimee
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We decided to do a little car camping and I wanted to take the boat to do some fishing. We looked into Lake Kissimmee State Park and it seemed nice so we made reservations on reserveamerica.com. We had a great Friday night. We got in late but had called ahead to get the combo for the front gate. Woke up Saturday, made breakfast and tok the boat down to the marina. Alls well so far..
We had a fun time idling down the canal to Tiger Cove until Koda decided to jump out of the boat. We still have no idea why she did this as she is not a big water fan. Once we got onto the big water I realized there was no way that we would make it out of the cove as the breeze alone had created quite a chop. So we found a nice little protected area among some reeds and got started. No victory stories here so we crossed Tiger Cove and decided to try fishing the other side and drift back to the canal until the boat died. Thankfully we were able to get a tow in.
The rest of Saturday consisted of cooking and napping with a little poker in between. Saturday night was very nice. After dinner we watched a movie on the laptop and passed out shortly after. Woke up to some sprinkles but it never really rained on us just passing sprinkles. By 11:00 we were headed home.
My regrets were that we went out on the water. Anitra couldn't enjoy herself because she was so afraid Koda would jump out again. There are several hiking trails here. A 6, 6.7 and a 3 and change. I wished we would have done that instead as there was wildlife everywhere and we probably could have seen some cool stuff plus the flowers were blooming and the scenery offered by the park is awesome.
I highly recommend this place. It is very remote and beautiful! I don't recall hearing an interstate at all. However the air boats went into the night and you can hear the for miles! That did get a little old!
For maps great info, go to
http://www.floridastateparks.org/lakekissimmee/default.cfm
We had a fun time idling down the canal to Tiger Cove until Koda decided to jump out of the boat. We still have no idea why she did this as she is not a big water fan. Once we got onto the big water I realized there was no way that we would make it out of the cove as the breeze alone had created quite a chop. So we found a nice little protected area among some reeds and got started. No victory stories here so we crossed Tiger Cove and decided to try fishing the other side and drift back to the canal until the boat died. Thankfully we were able to get a tow in.
The rest of Saturday consisted of cooking and napping with a little poker in between. Saturday night was very nice. After dinner we watched a movie on the laptop and passed out shortly after. Woke up to some sprinkles but it never really rained on us just passing sprinkles. By 11:00 we were headed home.
My regrets were that we went out on the water. Anitra couldn't enjoy herself because she was so afraid Koda would jump out again. There are several hiking trails here. A 6, 6.7 and a 3 and change. I wished we would have done that instead as there was wildlife everywhere and we probably could have seen some cool stuff plus the flowers were blooming and the scenery offered by the park is awesome.
I highly recommend this place. It is very remote and beautiful! I don't recall hearing an interstate at all. However the air boats went into the night and you can hear the for miles! That did get a little old!
For maps great info, go to
http://www.floridastateparks.org/lakekissimmee/default.cfm
