Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Florida's Corps of Engineer Campgrounds

There are only three COE campgrounds in Florida and we have now stayed each at least once. They are wonderful places, each on the water with lots to see. The intra coastal waterway in Florida as mentioned in past posts is busy with both commercial and lots of pleasure boats
There are lots of advantages to staying in these campgrounds that I have also mentioned before but just to remind anyone 62 years old or older you can use the Golden Age Pass when staying there to get the campsite at half price. Mind that you are only allowed to stay 14 days at a time and its important to get your reservations as soon as they open up (6 months previous to the start date). They are also some of the most well kept campgrounds you will see.One thing I haven't mentioned is that two of these not only have campsites, but docking facilities for the pleasure boats that travel the waterway.We are staying now at the Franklin Locks ....the picture below shows the view from our campsite there at dusk.
We move on Sunday to stay a private campground just down the river.