With no room at the inn, that is Hillsborough State Park, I motored down the road to the county park at Lithia Spring a few miles south of the Interstate east of Tampa. It proved to be a nice, quiet camping spot with a huge spring, some hiking trails and a few interesting characters as well. It proved as well to be a perfect spot to welcome aboard a traveling companion who would be with me until Louisiana, a few weeks away. She was Big Trill's first guest traveller and I was anxious to see how it would work out as the accommodations were on the smallish side!
The first character we met at the check-in. She wasn't afraid to tell you whatever she thought, but did it all with a twinkle in her eye. We certainly enjoyed her dry wit! Another character was living in an old school bus with his band name written all over it. He was camping and writing new songs for the band using the quiet campground for inspiration. He was full of interesting info and recommended another similar County Park north of Tampa which we were never able to find in any map or app we had. Oh well...
We checked out the hiking trails which followed the river out of the springs. Yes, there were several Springs and the flow of water was substantial.
Washrooms were nearly new, clean and had lots of hot water, always appreciated, but not always found!
We spent a couple of nights here sorting out the camper and making it more comfortable as we switched over from one person to two. Needless to say, it was a welcome change and the beginning of our second adventure together, the first having been last fall in California. As the photo above shows, we set the 'hut' up for the first time here. It provided a bit of privacy when using the toilet and taking showers when none was available. We learned a few other tricks on using it over the days ahead, but basically it worked very well and was set up almost everywhere we camped.
We then made plans and set out southward...
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