Thursday, March 7

We awoke to a sunny, 7C (44.6F) day, which warmed up quite quickly.

Our site, seen from the road.

We went for a walk to investigate the trail along the berm which is across the canal from the RV Park. The access to the trail is just up the highway.

The canal is on the left and Lake Okeechobee is on the right with the hiking/biking trail in between.

Our RV park, as seen across the canal, from the berm. Lake Okeechobee is behind me.
We ended up walking six kilometers under cloudless skies. More trails to investigate tomorrow.



I heard that Okeechobee is the "Speckled Perch" capital of the world and they have a Festival celebrating that each year. The 48th Annual Speckled Perch Festival happens to be this weekend, so we will stick around to check it out.
On checking the website, I see that due to state health laws, Speckled Perch  - which is a game fish and not commercially harvested - cannot be served at public events. So the Fish dinner served at the Speckled Perch Festival is catfish! LOL