Salt Springs Recreation Campground
Ocala National Forest, Florida
Marc- The last day of February was a day to do chores so to speak. First we had to move to another campsite in the campground since our original site was not available for our full stay when we reserved 6 months ago. Move from site # 17 to site # 20 does not seem like much but it does take some time (waiting for #20 occupants to leave, Park Ranger inspection and obtaining the new permit). Second came laundry at a laundromat outside the Park. Our truck also needed an oil change and we were lucky to find a garage with availability. We still had a few hours to visit Gainesville: a University of Florida college town with 50,000 students and a total population of 150,000. We returned via backroads stopping only once at the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park. Mrs. Rawlings home and farm have been preserved. She is famous for a novel "The Yearling" that won her the Pulitzer Prize for fiction (the story is loosely based on a true story). Metro Golden Meyer bought the movie rights from Mrs. Rawlings and hired her as a consultant. She convinced MGM to film at the location where the scenes actually took place near Silver Springs. The film was a success winning several Academy awards.
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