Grand Oaks Resort is an RV park and an equestrian center located in Lady Lake, Florida, which is just southeast of Ocala near The Villages. We stayed at this RV park before and really enjoyed it, so we returned for a week. From Ormond Beach it was only about a 1.5 hour drive to Grand Oaks.
Ormond Beach in located on the east coast of Florida just north of Daytona Beach. In the past we stayed in Flagler Beach, which is a little north of Ormond Beach. Unfortunately, our stay was plagued by a bitter cold, windy and wet storm. We only had a couple days of sunshine in a week. Even though we missed out on daily beach walks because of the weather, we were treated with views of a dramatic Atlantic stormy winter sea, which we didn’t get a good photo of. This was the nicest day.
Indian Mound Fish Camp is an RV park and boat launch located in Oak Hill Florida. Our views were of the Indian River North, which is part of an intracoastal waterway along the east coast of Florida just north of Cape Canaveral.
Tallahassee is located in Leon County and has been the capital city of Florida since 1824. It’s oak canopied roads and southern style homes are picturesque. Being a large city, it has a Costco, which we were looking forward to stocking up at. From Panama City Beach, Florida it was about a 2.5 hour drive to Tallahassee.
Fort Pickens is in the Gulf Islands National Seashore of Florida. We’ve stayed here before and love the miles of white sand beaches that don’t have beach crowds or rows of high-rise buildings like other parts of the Florida coastline. Our favorite kind of travel day; about an hour and a half of a sunny scenic coastal drive from Santa Rosa Beach to Fort Pickens Campground.
Santa Rosa Beach is where Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is located. It’s a favorite because it has an incredible beach, plenty of roads and trails to walk for hours, and is close to Destin and Grayton Beach. Even though Topsail is pricey and sites are more crowded for a state park, the sites and roads are paved and they offer full service, other than WIFI. It’s our second stay here, third in the area. We love the beaches and all the great amenities that Destin has to offer.
