On the trail at Hickey's Creek ParkW. P. Franklin Corps Campground: After a cool morning it warmed up to about 74 in the afternoon. We decided to check out the park across the river from us. Thought we had last year, but we didn’t. A nice little park with a little sandy beach and swim area. You can also walk out and check out the boats going through the locks. Two went through while we were there. Left there and stopped at Hickey’s Creek Mitigation Park right on Rt. 80. This is a very nice park consisting of 1,124 acres—the largest in Lee County. The park is named after Dixon O. Hickey who homesteaded a parcel of land on this creek in the early 1800s. We walked one of the trails down to the creek. A beautiful hike through palmettos and pines down to Hickey’s Creek. There’s a fishing pier down there and a couple of bridges have been built over the creek as the trail winds around. You can also kayak and canoe the little creek which empties into the Caloosahatchee River. There are over 5 miles of trails. They have a white board at the trail head with a list of critters spotted on the trail. Pretty impressive. Lots of snakes. Back to our site on the beautiful Caloosahatchee and sat outside reading and soaking up the last rays of the sun. The river was like glass.
