John Prince Park West Palm - The Lake Trail

John Prince Park is the best camping value in South Florida, but getting  a site here in season is like winning the lottery. So we won twice. The max stay for sites on the lake is two weeks; then you have to move on for two weeks. That is what we're doing as we'll be back here after the Country Coach International rally in Tampa.

John Prince has a great bike trail around its two lakes. Making the complete loop is 9.6 miles. We did that recently and made a stop at the Lantana airport - for a rest break as well as to watch the planes come and go.

One of our favorite bike trails, and without a doubt the most beautiful bike trail in America, is the Lake Trail on Palm Beach. The Lake Trail is an oddity in that it passes through the back yards of wealthy Palm Beach homeowners. We can thank Henry Flagler for that as he established the trail for his Palm Beach hotel guests to stroll on.

The Lake Trail

Irene sees floral design in this palm along the trail

The trail is on the intracoastal waterway side of the island. While riding the trail you see people's homes on one side and their yachts on the other.

Irene stops to observe this century plant

The landscaping is beautiful and immaculate with continual maintenance.  In many places, large manicured ficus hedges screen homes from the trail.

This hedge needs a little more work on top

Royal palms line one side of the trail with hedges on the other side.

Stately Royal Palms

West Palm Beach's skyline is visible across the lake.

The skyline of West Palm Beach is in the background

Before starting out on the trail we had a nice al fresco lunch at Cucina Del Arte restaurant in Palm Beach.