Pole Vaulting

 

Once we finished touring the west coast of Florida, the Everglades, and Key Largo, we headed up the Atlantic side. We stayed in KOA's, state parks, regional parks, national parks, and a couple hip camps. I was unfamiliar with hip camps. Hip camps are usually on farms and have only the basics. This hip camp had electricity and an outhouse. This hip camp also had chickens and a turkey. I slept without a watch nor a phone so I didn't realize that the roosters started crowing at 1 in the morning. I think if I had known I would have been more bothered by the noise. Next to this hobby farm was, according to the hip camp owner, the third largest bee farm in the country. They mail bees all over the United States.

The hip camp owner is a 3rd generation pole vaulter. She and her husband met in college where they were both pole vaulters. Now they run a pole vaulting school on their property. When we arrived there were six students practicing pole vaulting in the Florida sun. We didn't get much sleep because of the roosters but it was an interesting place to stay.