2015 Feb 26 - Hillsborough River to Silver River SP

Since it's only about 80 miles between the two parks, we took our time getting out of Hillsborough River State Park on our way to Silver River State Park. On our way thru Zepherhills, we decided to wash the big chunks of crud off of the car and the camper. By the time we left the carwash, it was almost time for lunch, so we stopped in at a Mickey D's that still had the old Golden Arches. We used the Internet while we were there.

We arrived at Silver River around 2:30. In the parking lot at the ranger station was a Honda Van from Quebec that had been converted to a rather large camper. Never seen anything like it before and the owner didn't seem to be around, so I just shot a couple of pics.

There seems to be some confusion concerning Silver Springs and Silver River. Our reservation says Silver Springs State Park. The state park booklet and the GPS say Silver River State Park. The old familiar Silver Springs attraction became a state park in October of 2013. Anyway, the part where the glass bottom boats are located is Silver Springs and the sign outside the campground says Silver River. Go figure!

After we got set up and walked around the campground, another Alto camper pulled into the site right next to us. I almost passed out! The owners are from Florida. There are less that 100 Altos registered in the USA and here they are, right next to us. It is a model R1743 which doesn't retract. It's taler than ours and the windows, as you can see, are different. It took them about 45 minutes to get backed into their site, so I think this is their first pull-behind. The pickup camper, still in their pickup, is for sale.