2 February 2019 Paynes Creek Historic State Park

We started our day at with a visit to the Cracker Trail Museum and Village in Zolfo Springs.  There was a virtual cache at the location and it was in a new county, Hardee, for us to visit in Florida.  It was a good thing there was a virtual to find as the Museum is not open on Saturdays.  😞  At least we were able to explore the village.

There's very little information about the history of this old Baldwin locomotive or why it is a part of the Cracker Trail Museum.

The items visible through the museum windows were interesting and would have made a good visit.  With the grounds only open for walking, we made our visit and moved on.  We did spot a Christine look alike a few blocks away.  It is amazing that 35 years later the movie is still at the top when Christine is googled.

After a stop in Zolfo Springs to locate a few benchmarks in the new county, we made our way to Paynes Creek Historical State Park for our first visit.

We stopped into the museum at the park to hunt the answers for a multi.  With those found, we made our way to the trails.  The park is the location of the old Fort  Chokonikla.  The fort is long gone, but the ground where the fort was located is maintained as open scrubland.  This was the last of our blue sky for the day.

Peaceful resting area

The rain did not chase us off the trail, but it did get muddy.

We still enjoyed our visit and walk on the trails.