Thursday – January 23, 2014
Okeechobee Waterway, Florida
We visited two of the three U.S. Army Corps of Engineering campgrounds near Lake Okeechobee today. The three campgrounds are: W.P. Franklin North, Ortona South and St. Lucie South. We visited W.P. Franklin and Ortona.
W.P. Franklin North
17850 N. Franklin Lock road
Alva, Florida 33920
239-694-8770
The campground has 30 RV campsites with electric and water hookups with concrete pads. It also has 8 boat sites with electric and water hookups.
Facilities include a dump station, two restrooms with flush toilets and hot showers. One restroom facility contains a washer and dryer at a cost of $1.75. The washer and dryer accept credit cards only. You must keep the credit card inserted into the card slot until you push the button to start the machine. If you insert the card and immediately retract it, like you would do at a gas pump, your credit card will be charged, but the machine will not start.
Slow Internet service here through our T-Mobile service provider, using a smartphone tethered to our laptop. Our smartphones get an E signal (Edge Network) with 2-bars signal strength. We may be able to pull in a 3G or 4G signal with our signal booster.
Little privacy is provided between campsites, however, this is a very scenic and popular campground. Campsites must be reserved in advance by calling 1-877-444-6777 or on the Internet at
www.recreation.gov.Our campsite preferences are sites: 10, 16, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30.
Camping Fee: $24.00 (50% discount with America The Beautiful Access Pass or Golden Age Passport).
Ortona South
2410 Dalton Lane SW
Moore Haven, FL 33471
863-675-8400
The campground has 51 RV campsites with electric and water hookups with concrete pads.
Facilities include a dump station, two restrooms with flush toilets and hot showers. One restroom facility contains a washer and dryer at a cost of $1.75. The washer and dryer accept credit cards only. You must keep the credit card inserted into the card slot until you push the button to start the machine. If you insert the card and immediately retract it, like you would do at a gas pump, your credit card will be charged, but the machine will not start.
Excellent Internet service here through our T-Mobile service provider, using a smartphone tethered to our laptop. Our smartphones get a 4G signal with 4-bars signal strength.
Little privacy is provided between campsites, however, this is a very scenic and popular campground. Campsites must be reserved in advance by calling 1-877-444-6777 or on the Internet at www.recreation.gov.
Our campsite preferences are sites: 21, 22,23, 31, 32, 33, 34,40, 44.
Camping Fee: $24.00 (50% discount with America The Beautiful Access Pass or Golden Age Passport).
Tomorrow another adventure begins.
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