Tomoka State Park Day 2

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Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby Liz » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:48 pm

Morning sun over the Halifax River/Intracoastal. Boy scouts checking out the river.
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Most of the day was taken up in a regional meeting for State Park volunteers/Citizen Support Organizations. It was a chance to meet people from many state parks in the district and add many places to my list. That nice lady waving is the one who talked me into volunteering. She’s camped next to me and we’ll go kayaking together tomorrow. Trying to talk her into joining the forum.
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Remember being in school on a beautiful day and all you could do is look out the window and think about what you could be doing? A lot of the meeting was like that…talking about budgets, state regulations and such. I did learn a lot about how the organization functions though.
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After the meeting, park rangers gave us a tour of the park. You already had a better tour yesterday.
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When the tour was over, I walked back to the cg. The park was a lot busier today. Here’s a boater beached on the sand, enjoying the sunshine.
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This is a great place to bring a bicycle
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Many park roads
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Just enough wind for sailing
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This canoeist had an interesting innovation to add stability to the canoe so he can stand and fish from it.
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Made with PVC pipe and foam noodles.
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This is what I’ll be doing tomorrow morning
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There were many fishermen on and under the bridge. They were catching a silvery fish…don’t know what it was.
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View from the bridge looking down the Tomoka River.
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So, dust off your PFDs, get your sunscreen ready for tomorrow.
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby Cedar518 » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:56 pm

Lovin' spending the weekend with you Liz,.... nice park.
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby avalen » Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:51 pm

thats a lovely park with all those trails and such, I like the outriggers that guy put
on his canoe, I could do that to mine, then maybe I would use it. :D
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby Nasoosie » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:11 pm

Nice day again, Liz!! Thanks for the great tour!

I bought a set of outriggers for my ultra-light canoe so that Molly can go with me without flipping us over! And yes---it sure does help me to get into it without flipping it, too! They make it a bit harder to paddle when they are in place, but make the canoe ever so much more stable and less scary with Molly. Those that the guy had are very much like the ones I bought----clever man! Are there places to canoe camp down there that are safe from predators at night in a tent? I still would love to do some tent camping along some of those neat rivers.
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby Liz » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:14 pm

Lots of canoe trails with camping opportunities Soos. Never done that, but I'd be up for it!
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby BirdbyBird » Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:39 pm

Thanks for taking us along, Liz. Florida is a beautiful state....
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby bluepinecones » Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:17 pm

It just keeps getting better. Thanks, Liz. Be sure to have someone take photos of you on the river for us.
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby Nasoosie » Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:12 am

Good to know about the canoe trails, Liz...I will be sure to bring my canoe and its outriggers, my bike, and all the rest of the 'stuff' I might need! I will also locate my best overnighter tent....perhaps my new large-sized tent cot that gets me off the ground and away from critters that could poison me in the night! It's heavy, but could balance my canoe. Hmmmm......need to work on that 'stuff' I used to have for nomadic camping!
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby sunshinecruiserTN » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:34 am

I am really enjoying your tour. I'll be close by soon and I'll have to check out that park.
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Re: Tomoka State Park Day 2

Postby mtngal » Sun Jan 24, 2010 12:13 pm

Those bike roads look like great fun!
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