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Anyone know of a good place to camp in Sarasota Florida area. Can
travel by sailboat or minivan with the Brady Bunch. Kids are on Spring
Break driving me crazy.

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"sailmonstermomma" wrote in message
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Anyone know of a good place to camp in Sarasota Florida area. Can
travel by sailboat or minivan with the Brady Bunch. Kids are on Spring
Break driving me crazy.

A little further North, you can boat camp or camp on the hard at Fort Desoto
in the Tampa St Pete area. It is a very nice county park. Rates are
reasonable in the summertime. In Sarasota there is Sun N Fun Resort.

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On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:52:57 -0400, "Jim" wrote:


"sailmonstermomma" wrote in message
...
Anyone know of a good place to camp in Sarasota Florida area. Can
travel by sailboat or minivan with the Brady Bunch. Kids are on Spring
Break driving me crazy.

A little further North, you can boat camp or camp on the hard at Fort Desoto
in the Tampa St Pete area. It is a very nice county park. Rates are
reasonable in the summertime. In Sarasota there is Sun N Fun Resort.

And further south you can anchor in Pelican Bay on the north end of
Cayo Costa Island (just south of Boca Grande), go ashore at the ranger
station dock, and camp in the park just off the beach on the Gulf
side. They have a limited number of rustic cabins also.

http://www.floridastateparks.org/cayocosta/

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On Apr 2, 7:11*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:52:57 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

"sailmonstermomma" wrote in message
...
Anyone know of *a good place to camp in Sarasota Florida area. Can
travel by sailboat or minivan with the Brady Bunch. Kids are on Spring
Break driving me crazy.

A little further North, you can boat camp or camp on the hard at Fort Desoto
in the Tampa St Pete area. It is a very nice county park. Rates are
reasonable in the summertime. In Sarasota there is Sun N Fun Resort.

And further south you can anchor in Pelican Bay on the north end of
Cayo Costa Island (just south of Boca Grande), go ashore at the ranger
station dock, and camp in the park just off the beach on the Gulf
side. *They have a limited number of rustic cabins also.

http://www.floridastateparks.org/cayocosta/

Cayo Costa is great we have done that trip.
I think we are going to try a place called snake island. have you
heard of it? We go during the day sometimes but have never stayed the
night. Rustic is for sure no bathrooms cabins fresh water. It will be
fun.

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On Apr 2, 9:08*pm, sailmonstermomma wrote:
On Apr 2, 7:11*pm, Wayne.B wrote:





On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:52:57 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

"sailmonstermomma" wrote in message
....
Anyone know of *a good place to camp in Sarasota Florida area. Can
travel by sailboat or minivan with the Brady Bunch. Kids are on Spring
Break driving me crazy.

A little further North, you can boat camp or camp on the hard at Fort Desoto
in the Tampa St Pete area. It is a very nice county park. Rates are
reasonable in the summertime. In Sarasota there is Sun N Fun Resort.

And further south you can anchor in Pelican Bay on the north end of
Cayo Costa Island (just south of Boca Grande), go ashore at the ranger
station dock, and camp in the park just off the beach on the Gulf
side. *They have a limited number of rustic cabins also.

http://www.floridastateparks.org/cayocosta/

Cayo Costa is great we have done that trip.
I think we are going to try a place called snake island. have you
heard of it? We go during the day sometimes but have never stayed the
night. Rustic is for sure no bathrooms cabins fresh water. It will be
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The Sun Spree is lots of fun

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On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:08:55 -0700 (PDT), sailmonstermomma
wrote:

Cayo Costa is great we have done that trip.
I think we are going to try a place called snake island. have you
heard of it? We go during the day sometimes but have never stayed the
night. Rustic is for sure no bathrooms cabins fresh water. It will be
fun.

I'm not familiar with Snake Island.

It's a much longer trip but there is camping on the beach at Cape
Sable, south of Little Shark River in the Everglades. I believe you
first need to get a back country permit from the Everglades National
Park Service.

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On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:31:12 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

I'm not familiar with Snake Island.

I wonder why they call it Snake Island.

Have anything to do with snakes maybe? :)

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On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:41:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I'm not familiar with Snake Island.

I wonder why they call it Snake Island.

Have anything to do with snakes maybe? :)

Snakes are not unheard of here in south Florida. Every once in a
while one will scare the heck out of the admiral and I'll have to
scrape her off the ceiling. Of course we've got alligators in great
abundance also but they don't care for salt water and beaches all that
much. During the mating season all bets are off. They just get
lonely and go out for a walk. :-)

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On Apr 2, 4:23*pm, sailmonstermomma wrote:
Anyone know of *a good place to camp in Sarasota Florida area. Can
travel by sailboat or minivan with the Brady Bunch. Kids are on Spring
Break driving me crazy.

Myakka River State Park is nice, it's not on the coast though:
http://www.myakkariver.org/index.html

And Little Manatee is nice also:

http://www.floridastateparks.org/littlemanateeriver/

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On Apr 2, 10:41*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:31:12 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
I'm not familiar with Snake Island.

I wonder why they call it Snake Island.

Have anything to do with snakes maybe? *:)

Not sure how it got the name but no snakes yet.

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On Apr 3, 11:26*am, wrote:
On Apr 2, 4:23*pm, sailmonstermomma wrote:

Anyone know of *a good place to camp in Sarasota Florida area. Can
travel by sailboat or minivan with the Brady Bunch. Kids are on Spring
Break driving me crazy.

Myakka River State Park is nice, it's not on the coast though:http://www.myakkariver.org/index.html

And Little Manatee is nice also:

http://www.floridastateparks.org/littlemanateeriver/

Thanyou

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On Wed, 02 Apr 08, Wayne.B wrote:
we've got alligators in great
abundance also but they don't care for salt water and beaches all that
much.

Didn't realize FL alligators were so picky. Mississippi alligators
love salt water and beaches. The Wildlife guys haul them out of the
small craft harbor on a regular basis. And they're abundant (and
large) on the barrier islands. They don't bother anybody though. I
guess we just don't taste good.

Rick

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On Apr 3, 10:49*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 08, Wayne.B *wrote:
we've got alligators in great
abundance also but they don't care for salt water and beaches all that
much.

Didn't realize FL alligators were so picky. *Mississippi alligators
love salt water and beaches. The Wildlife guys haul them out of the
small craft harbor on a regular basis. And they're abundant (and
large) on the barrier islands. They don't bother anybody though. I
guess we just don't taste good.

Rick *

They don't bother anyone? maybe they've got plenty of natural food
stock to eat. either/or people don't bother them first.

Speaking of.......

i dont' wish harm on people, but in a way I think this guy deserved to
get owned....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rvVIkxU5m5M

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Tim wrote:
On Apr 3, 10:49 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 08, Wayne.B wrote:
we've got alligators in great
abundance also but they don't care for salt water and beaches all that
much.
Didn't realize FL alligators were so picky. Mississippi alligators
love salt water and beaches. The Wildlife guys haul them out of the
small craft harbor on a regular basis. And they're abundant (and
large) on the barrier islands. They don't bother anybody though. I
guess we just don't taste good.

Rick

They don't bother anyone? maybe they've got plenty of natural food
stock to eat. either/or people don't bother them first.

Speaking of.......

i dont' wish harm on people, but in a way I think this guy deserved to
get owned....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rvVIkxU5m5M

Ouch.

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On Apr 20, 10:11*pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Apr 3, 10:49 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 08, Wayne.B *wrote:
we've got alligators in great
abundance also but they don't care for salt water and beaches all that
much.
Didn't realize FL alligators were so picky. *Mississippi alligators
love salt water and beaches. The Wildlife guys haul them out of the
small craft harbor on a regular basis. And they're abundant (and
large) on the barrier islands. They don't bother anybody though. I
guess we just don't taste good.

Rick *

They don't bother anyone? maybe they've got plenty of natural food
stock to eat. either/or people *don't bother them first.

Speaking of.......

i dont' wish harm on people, but in a way I think this guy deserved to
get owned....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rvVIkxU5m5M

Ouch.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Notice that lizard immediatly started a "death roll" right for the
cement pond.