RV at the Fort in a canal ???????

[john59]

We were in the 1600 loop recently at the Fort.

One day we left our site, on our bikes, to go swimming. If you know he Fort, leaving the 1600 loop you make a right turn onto the main road and go a short distance to a narrow wooden bridge. This bridge crosses a canal and in a short distance is the swimming pool.

Before you get to the bridge there were big scratch marks and cracks on the pavement/bike path. The ground slopes off to the canal.

This grassy area down to the canal had gouges (3) a foot deep down, and all the way to the water. The picture in my mind ; a 5th wheel broke loose and the king pin and landing gear made those gouges, right into the drink. No other scenario came to mind.

Did anyone hear anything about what my wife and I saw ???? I kept wanting to ask somebody (castmember) what happened, but we were having a ball and I was catching fish. A senior moment for me---Heck no, we were having tooooooooo much fun.

7 days later this comes to mind. Maybe it was a senior moment.

Shirley were are my glasses----You ditz. You are wearing them.
john

 

[3gr8kids]

Haven't heard anything, but now I need to know, too!

 

[Born 2 Fish]

John, I need to know bout the fishing at the Fort !!

 

[john59]

Frank: In St. Augustine's right now. Gonna kayak/fish tomorrow. Got tips on 2 hot spots. Kinda windy right now. Hope it drops down or I might wind up back in the Keys with the kayak. It's tough paddling uphill.

Did not use the system (I told you about) at the Fort. Was content to fish the canal in the 1600 loop. Not big bass, but feisty and eager. My biggest almost hook-up that did not get away was a kayak in the canal.

With a real professional cast, my spinner bait went straight up into a tree. Gave it a couple of good yanks and just missed latching onto ; let's see if I paid attention to Quint. Chiefie, front-bow, back-stern. Yeh, the stern of a rented kayak.
john

 

[lawnspecialties]

I hate to bring this up but isn't that the area where the little boy was killed a couple of weeks ago?

 

[john59]

I have no idea if it was the same area as the tragedy.

Something I forgot. If a RV (5th wheel) broke loose, the direction was coming up from the boat docks and heading toward the Fort exit.

The gouge marks were in the same direction (toward the exit), but on a slight angle heading away from the road into the canal. Not a 90 degree and it did not crossover lanes.

I guess a ball and hitch coupler could do the same thing (gouges), but the safety chains would prevent a complete break away, if hooked up.
john

 

[thegooftroopfla]

maybe it was a service trailer. isnt that the service road towards the pool area. maybe they were back down there working and it came undone

 

[john59]

No it was not the service road. It was further up. Actually the closest thing that I talked about was the wooden bridge. A very narrow wooden bridge. Kinda tough to ride a bike across. It was past that wooden bridge not real far past it, but well past the golf cart/service road that heads back to the swimming pool, back of the bike barn, outdoor night sing along campfire and the back end of the back of the trading post.
john

 

[ElementCamper]

I believe the bridge referred to is the one directly across from entrance to loop 1500. Been across it many times, riding a bike is pretty hard to do on it, I get uncoordinated when railings are involved.

 

[john59]

Uncoordinated. I believe I invented it. My wife says "an accident waiting to happen"

Your are absolutely right. Across from 1500.

john