We started the day visiting the Koreshan Historical Village within the Koreshan State Park. It's a nice, easy walk to see the preserved buildings and machinery this self sufficient cult used in it's time.
Very interesting to see and read what kind of people were inspired by this Koreshean ideology and left their earthly belongings to create a new community in this (at the time) untouched, Alligator infested swamp land. Most of the members had no matching skills to do so, but they learned and they did.
They created this thick bamboo forest that is now mixed with palm trees an other intertwined plants and trees. Bamboo serves a dense and hard to penetrate protective fence. It is also a versatile resource from construction to food and many uses in between.
Turtles and Alligators roam free.
From there we moved on coastal roads north. Through Cape Coral, Ft Myers, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte to our sleep spot for the night at Myakka RV and Resort.
Tonight we put the refectix foil in the windows. It's going to be pretty cold tonight and the foil is a good insulator. Besides, the spot we are staying has not much privacy. Nice people around this campground. We arrived at Myakka RV and resort and were immediately invited to participate in their DAILY community dinner gathering. They don't sell beer but gave Tom one right away. I needed a little bit of ice and they provided without making me purchase a whole big 5 lbs bag. The wash house is sparkling clean and the grounds seem to be well taken care of.
9:04 pm and it is absolute silence around here. I think I'll sleep well.
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