Date of Stay: Monday November 11 - Monday November 25, 2013 (14 nights)
Rate: $23/night (Gin’s disabled FL resident discount)
Website: John Pennekamp State Park (FL)
102601 Overseas Highway
Key Largo, FL 33037
305-451-1202
Description: New paved road in the gated cg. All the sites were narrow for a state park and no plantings for privacy. We were on site 43 with water/electric (50A). The sites are all gravel and ours, along with some others, were not quite level. We used our rubber stall mats and were fine. We had to drive through the day use area (pretty busy) to get to the cg. Very nice Visitor Center with aquarium, marina, couple of swim beaches, and canoe trails amongst the mangroves. Boat tours go out daily to the nearby coral reef for snorkeling. There is also a glass bottom boat that operates from the marina (maybe next time). Cannon Beach, one of the swim areas, is a nice place to practice snorkeling with a planted sunken shipwreck. We could see a few cannons and anchor along with a few fish swimming around.
Activities: We enjoyed more time with friends here. Gail and Rick were on one side of us for a week and Dan and Tricia were on the other side of us for both weeks. We all noticed that there was much more turnover at this cg versus Curry Hammock. Must be the tight quarters of the narrow sites. It rained more often here and we were ready to relax a bit. Gin and Rick fished some and we all went out to eat some during the first week. The weather improved during the next week and we paddled the canals with D&T. We also swam some at Cannon Beach and tried snorkeling there. It was our first time in salt water. I stayed on top of the water and floated with my face under water breathing through the snorkel. We all walked some of the trails there and I walked the Grove Trail to an old Key Lime orchard. Yes I picked one off a tree! They were working on improving the bike trail beside the highway so we just peddled around in a nearby neighborhood.
Trash and Recycle: A couple of dumpsters in the cg. Recycle bins at the dumpsters take aluminum and plastic.
D&T on site 44, us, R&G on site 42 Site 43
Visitor Center Snorkeling is popular here
Far Beach swim area Cannon Beach swim area
Glass bottom boat leaving the marina Snorkel boat returning to the marina
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