All Florida State Parks Closed due to Hurricane Matthew
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:19 pm
I got a call a couple of hours ago telling me my reservation at O'Leon State Park near Lake City, FL, had been cancelled since the park was closing. I called the Florida State Parks Customer service number and was told that ALL Florida state parks were closing until Monday, October 9th. And no guarantees any individuals parks would open even then. This is true even for campgrounds on the Panhandle.
So the only thing available for tomorrow at where I am staying was a walk-in site. This means we had to leave our site with the great view and move to a site not quite so nice, BUT at least we have power and a satellite signal so we can watch TV and see what is happening. We can stay here as long as we need to, but my friend needs to get back to NY and was flying out on Saturday, which I think is not likely.
Closing all parks is really going to make it difficult for people to find a place to stay, so I can imagine they also will be heading north into Georgia.
So the only thing available for tomorrow at where I am staying was a walk-in site. This means we had to leave our site with the great view and move to a site not quite so nice, BUT at least we have power and a satellite signal so we can watch TV and see what is happening. We can stay here as long as we need to, but my friend needs to get back to NY and was flying out on Saturday, which I think is not likely.
Closing all parks is really going to make it difficult for people to find a place to stay, so I can imagine they also will be heading north into Georgia.