| Start 2021 With Something Different . . . Go Camping!
Tillis Hill – Jan. 21-24, 2021: Located in the Withlacoochee State Forest, between Invernes & Brooksville. Sites available now (all with elec.), but going fast – don’t hesitate. Better to reserve & cancel, than to be left out! SFTR sites 1-12 , etc; & you can’t take your horse to your campsite. Possibility a stall might be reserved for tack for the group, but not reserved yet. Call (877) 879-3859 or use Floridastateforests.reserveamerica.com to reserve your campsite & horse stall. Some members may go up Wed. to explore the local tack stores. TBs are Todd & Tricia Fischer. After reserving or for questions, contact TB Renee at Coconut_ldy@hotmail.com or text 305-338-8192. Picayune – Perhaps…Feb. 2021? TB Eddy Ruiz is trying to secure a date & fee info! Pull your trailer under the pines & near small paddocks- with water. A few BBQ grills, porta-potty, & our awesome club-built SFTR pavilion. Use your own corral, high-line, & tent camping is allowed. Special-use permit needed from the Florida Forest Service. Shangri-la – Feb. 11-15, 2021: Located along the Cross Fla. Greenway in Ocala. Bathhouse has hot showers & flushing toilets. A single high-line post on your horse-site, or bring your own line; or your corral. Water is close to each camp site, potable, but not for hook-up. Primitive- No electric, but generators may be used. Contact “Reserve America” at 1-800-326-3521 or reserveamerica.com for on-line info & to make your own reservations. Then contact TBs Wayne & Carrie at 305-206-1698. Green Swamp West – Mar. 4-7, 2021: Tentative! S.W.Fla. Water Manage.Distr., Dade City. Reservation window opens 30 days in advance. TB Dana Proeger. RSVP contact Renee Reynolds. Lower Wekiva River State Park /Fechtel– Mar. 25-28, 2021: Tentative! Reservation window opens 30 days in advance. It promises to be a magical full moon weekend!! TB Donna Hakanson. RSVP contact Renee Reynolds. Big So. Fork, Tenn. – Apr. 28-May 4 then Whetstone Trails, S.C. – May 5-6. Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area Bandy Creek Campground, Oneida, TN; dates: April 28 arrive – leave May 4, 2021. The B Loop is closest to the stables & we recommend that loop. We’ll all be closer for sharing fireside stories & pot luck dinners, etc. The reservation window for that time frame has just recently opened, reserve now, later they will be booked. Campsites are $25 per night. Stalls are $15 per night. Visitors Center 423-286-7275, Campground questions: https://www.nps.gov/biso/index.htm , Headquarters 423-569-9778, Campground Office 423-286-8368, Bandy Creek Campground reservations: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232506 and 877-444-6777. Bandy Creek Stables: Text Melissa 561-635-2607, Text Bobby Gene 931-397-1680, Stable 423-286-7433 (not manned off season). Tell them you’re with SFTR so our horses will be in the same area! Please make your reservations for you and your horse, then let me know your site and stall numbers. We strongly encourage all interested to reserve campsites and stalls now, before they fill up. Tell them you are with the SFTR so we can be together. If you need to, you can cancel your reservation for $10. For info-TB Renee Reynolds,Coconut_ldy@hotmail.com /text 305-338-8192 Cecil Webb– later in May, perhaps. Please RSVP to Renee Reynolds for EACH campOut!!! |