Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Highlands Hammock State Park & Disney Hollywood Studios

We accompanied the Timber Pines RV Club to Highland Hammocks State Park in Sebring,FL Jan 28th. We were going to stay 3 nights but it started to rain about 30pm the 2nd day and was still raining the 3rd day with signs of raining for another day or 2 so we headed for home about noon after 2 cold nights. We really enjoyed the tram ride through the back country that they really trying to maintain natively. We ran into whitetail deer, alligators, birds of a different feather and many native plants including the carnivorous bladderwort. We'd like to go back sometime and take some of numerous trails including 3 boardwalks. The park offers full hookups thru backcountry camping.

We ventured over to Orlando yesterday and\ "camped" at Sherwood RV Resort in Kissimmee. It's a little expensive but is close to shopping & dining. It's a favorite hangout for snowbirds and is
also on the local bus route which we used to go to Disney World. The bus goes directly to the Disney Transportation & Ticket Center with direct monorail links to Magic Kingdom and Epcot, however we had quite a walk and wait for the bus to Hollywood Studios. Returning tonight went much smoother. We enjoyed Beauty & The Beast stage show. The Indiana Jones stunt act was amazing. We also enjoyed the Little Mermaid stage show and the American Idol show. Keep watch for Scott Sheffield in American Idol.