I love Peace River. It is woodsy and there are lots of free and cheap things to do nearby. There is a sewer hook-up lottery during the busy season, so you really need to be aware of your water use if you don't get a sewer site, but there is a river you can fish or boat in or you can search for shark teeth and fossils. Bring your own supplies or rent theirs.
We celebrated Arthur's 16th birthday, our first birthday on the road. I'm glad.
Of all the kids, he was the most excited and is loving this life more than anyone else.
Peace River hosted ice cream socials every Thursday afternoon and pot lucks. They also had a billiards tournament for St. Patrick's day, which my four oldest boys loved.
We also like to visit the Everglades and the Keys while we're down here.
Since this was our last stay at Peace River this year, last week was our last bible study/youth group at First Baptist Church of Bowling Green. We really enjoyed being a part of this church. My youngest four brought home the following along with some jelly beans and some plastic eggs stuffed with bible verses to hand out to others.
We also visited a few state parks in the area:
Paynes Creek is a historical park where we learned about Seminole Indians and how the settlers were nearly defeated by mosquitoes. Boy, I can see how that could happen! We've been getting bit quite a lot lately.
Highlands Hammock is a historical park that has a campground and a nice playground/picnic area, altho we did not camp there. We learned about the Great Depression Era and FDR and his New Deal programs. Both have an educational visitor center and trails.
Okeechobee Battlefield isn't really a park. There's nothing there except some battle-type vehicles in town but they do have a re-enactment in Feb. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted the pics of the battle vehicles off my cell phone. =[
We also visited 2 other SE FL state parks that were more science-related.
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