OK, I know I'm a very special puppy... as are all puppies, but I get to live with my furry parents and my human parents in the Florida Keys. We live on the water and have a really big dock that we can play on. My furry Mom loves to lay by the edge of the water and watch the tropical fish swim by. My furry Dad likes to bark at the birds or an occasional boat going by. Me? I love to play ball with my human Dad... and... I admit, I bark at a boat once in a while too.
We keep our RV right down the road from John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and I know that a lot of RV's go to the park. The campground is closed through April of 2011 for renovations, however when they open back up, the lines will again be long. Before renovations started, they took reservations 11 months in advance. That's how popular this area and park are. My human grandparents stayed there last year and really liked it. They travel in their RV with two small dogs. They said that the doggy areas were nice and the park is very dog friendly.
Their are several trails, 2 beach areas, canoe rentals and a 30,000 gallon aquarium... all for the humans to enjoy. The park also has boat charters for fishing, diving and snorkeling... again, all for humans. No doggy would want to do that anyway.
The campsites are for Rv's up to 45', have 30 and 50 amp and offer plenty of space for sliders. The trees between sites are pretty small, but work for some privacy. As with most campsites, you'll find a grill and picnic table. You can also picnic down by the water in the picnic area on the beach.
You can walk dogs out of the park on the shaded bike path area. Be careful though because it's right along U.S.1, which is the only highway in and out of the Florida Keys. Also, if you have a tow, you can take your furry friends to the Botanical State Park located just 3 miles north of Pennekamp on the right. It offers self guided tours, is not crowded and almost the entire path is shaded. Perfect for dogs! Be sure to get your doggy clean up bags when you enter. Their is no charge, but they do ask kindly for donations.
And while you are visiting the Florida Keys, I can tell you first hand that dogs get really hot here. Don't forget fresh water, shade and mostly air condition are our best friends in the heat. Well, besides our human parents. A fun free toy you may find laying around is a coconut, right from a tree. Leave it in it's natural state and we furry ones play with it like it's a football for hours on end.
I hope every RV puppy gets to visit our island's. We have 42 bridges that connect all of the Florida Keys together and it only takes about 2.5 hours to go from the first Key to the last. (Hint to puppies) Ride on the dashboard and you can see some pretty cool views going over bridges. And if any RVers have questions about the Florida Keys, email me and I'll ask my human parents to talk to you.
I give this park 5 doggy biscuits
Yappy trails!
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