Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” ~ Genesis 15:1 The phrase “Don’t be afraid” is the most common command in all of scripture. It occurs no less than 365 times in one form or another (like “Fear not”) and is almost always followed by “I” (God). God also reminds Abram that He is his Protector and VERY Great Reward. Much better than anything he could acquire from Pharaoh nor from the spoils of war.
This is our third visit to Highlands Hammock. The campground offers tight quarters, but the Park itself is one of our favorite places to visit. It’s just kinda magical here with the live oaks, Spanish moss, palms, pines, orange trees (loaded with very sour fruit!) . . . and of course there are flowers and critters of various types. The Father is sooo diverse in the joys He gives us!
And Vincent’s Pizza is just up the road! We’ve eaten at many pizza places on the road, and Vincent’s is our #1. I can’t really say why, it just is. The thin crust . . . the sauce . . . the ingredients . . . the gooey cheese . . . the friendly staff . . . the free dessert (yes, I said FREE!) . . . I couldn’t talk Blaine into pizza twice in four days, so we have to wait until Thursday. That’s two–whole–days away! ☹
Our day began with driving into town to the laundromat. Four large loads (and about four times poorer than if we’d done it at the Park) and just under three hours later, we were back home where we hurriedly put laundry away and grabbed a bite to eat.
There was biking and hiking to do!
Since it’s our third time here, we knew exactly where we wanted to go without consulting a map. We also took much fewer pictures this time. 😊
It doesn’t seem like these two are, which is kinda strange, don’t you think?
Like we’ve not done this a million times . . .
Not much privacy in this Park, but it’s been surprisingly quiet.
They have a 3 mile one-way loop road for cars and bikes, and along the way,
there are pull-offs where you can access trails. That’s what we did.
Now they’ve planted 102 orange trees because it used to be an orange grove.
Wonder if they’ll be edible? Wouldn’t that be great?!?!?
I forget how old it is, but at one time, they tried to keep it from falling over. Success!
But it has no branches . . .
He’s holding his hand well above the water and capturing that plus the reflection of the trees.
Very cool, dear!!
But yet, they closed the trail because a couple of boards were missing from an observation area???
but we learned on our first visit that the oranges are extremely sour.
Blaine likes to walk in front of me when I’m wanting to take pictures.
I’m still trying to convince him that just because we took a picture of something at some point in the past four years, doesn’t mean we don’t have to take it again. : )
Beautiful!
Isn’t it beautiful, though?!?
We returned about three hours later. Excellent day! Thank You, Lord!