Camping can bring out the best in its constituents, testing the boundaries of sanity for the sake of inevitable and invaluable personal development. The canvas snaps in the breeze off the water and the night creatures croak, call, and click their stories under the Milky Way. Fireflies buzz to and fro, illuminating the inky darkness with the stuff of fairy tales, and dreams are in abundance as the fresh air fills you with wonder and whimsy.

As far as campgrounds go, Okeechobee has about the best sites you could possibly find, all year round. The weather is a huge factor in the choice of camping vacation, but in Florida, all you need to worry about is which side of the lake you would like to see next. You might also want to consider your priorities: whether you want a palm-fringed grove, an oak forest, a prairie, a dock to dip your toes in the water or a levee frontage all to yourself – it is a tough life campers have!