Cabin in the woods

Many years ago, I think shortly after gina was born, Linda and I were invited to a holiday open house hosted by our Unitarian friends here in florida at a cabin in the woods. It was a huge private cabin situated adjacent to a beautiful spring with canoes and foot trails available. It was deep in the middle of the Ocala National forest, and seemed to me one of the most privileged places in the whole state. Our friends explained that several persons teamed up and separately entered a lottery every year to reserve the cabin for this particular holiday week. If anyone were to win, they would share the week with the others, and this was the year that one of them got it.

On a lark today, I googled 'ocala cabin', and within a couple of clicks I found it, and recognized it instantly. Its apparently state or national property, and the management company still holds a lottery for friday-friday reservations. Lottery entries for year 2007 are to be mailed in prior to May 31, 2006. and I'm thinking about taking a shot at it.

Categories: recreation