We departed Ancient Oaks RV resort and headed for Ortona South COE. Ortona South COE is a corp of engineers campground located between Moore Haven and Labelle, Florida on state route 80. It has about 70 sites with water and electric hookups, paved roads, and paved pads. Our back yard has a beautiful view of the Caloosahatchee River.
Ortona South is where the corp of engineers built and operate a lock on the river. The Caloosahatchee River runs from the Gulf of Mexico at Cape Coral, Florida to Lake Okeechobee. The St Lucie River connects Lake Okeechobee to the Atlantic Ocean, thus, allowing boats to travel to and from the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico without going around the southern tip of Florida.
We arrived here about 12:30 pm and got the 5th wheel set up and fixed lunch. Then we took a walk around the campground.
Here's our new living room! (site #33)
This is our new dinning room!
This is our back yard along the Caloosahatchee River
This is the river below the lock and dam.
This is the river above the lock and dam. They are working on the lock so we can't get close enough to take any pictures of it.
Here's a couple of otters playing along the river bank. We are on one side of the river and they are on
the "otter" side. You knew I would say that, right!
This shot was taken standing on a bridge looking back at our site.
That's it for our walk. It's starting to warm up, so we are headed back home to get some cool refreshment and a little R&R. This was a very nice day and we are looking forward to many more! See you tomorrow.
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