Adams RVing Adventures: Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

Today we spent the afternoon and early evening at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, Florida. They were having a Festival of Lights at the park and we also wanted to see the museum and other points of interest. We were amazed at what a wonderful park this was and to think that it is a state park! The museum was very interesting and beautiful. They have 10 dioramas depicting his most popular songs and they were amazing. They also have a carillon tower that houses the world's largest tubular carillon. The bells were playing Christmas carols for 15 minutes every hour. We drove through the campground and were very impressed with it. The only drawback would be that they do not have sewer hookups. The bath/shower houses looked very nice and the sites were huge and some were very secluded. It would definitely be an option if we are ever back in this area. We only paid $5.00 to enter the park and we really felt this was quite a bargain! The Festival of Lights was nice. Not as impressive as others we've seen, but very nice.

We arrived at our campground in Live Oak, Florida yesterday afternoon. It's called "The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park" and it's one of our ROD membership parks. It's really quite different than any park we've ever stayed at. They have live music every night and they have shops and activities going on all the time. It is very wooded and we spent 2 hours today getting our satellite dish in. Yes, you did read that correctly! That's after trying for about an hour yesterday. :-) Bob was not satisfied with the free cable TV that the park offers. He has to have his satellite and his TiVO! It felt good to finally get to Florida...it only took us 9 1/2 weeks from the time we left Michigan, but hey...why rush! ;-) We are only here for 4 days and then we will be in Brooksville, FL for 4 months. Our dear friends, Morrie & Dixie, live in the park we will be at in Brooksville. They have invited us to spend Christmas with them and some other friends of theirs, which we truly appreciate!