At 60 mph, it’s a half hour to pretty much anything in any direction other than natural lands. Cattle drives once regularly passed through, headed south along the Kissimmee River.Īlong with an old Stuckey’s, the landmark historic site Desert Inn, and an annual bluegrass festival are the hallmarks of this tiny community in ranching country. Time 1:39.A crossroads at the southeastern corner of Osceola County, Yeehaw Junction is best known for its unusual name, which springs from Florida’s frontier past. I reached the finish line, but realized it was about 9.8 miles, so I kept going until I got 10 miles. Up ahead, a street sign said, "Golfview Drive at next light." Hopeful, I pushed on. The wind pushed against me and the sun burned my face, but I kept running. At mile eight, the houses disappeared and the lake returned. Then I cruised again on the concrete pathway. At the six mile point, I steered myself to a small beach and again doused myself with water. I saw a few runners going in the opposite direction and I waved. This portion was rather delightful to see. At the half way point, the lake is well behind giant houses with lavish exteriors and sprawling yards. I didn't bring any water to drink and no calories to ingest. I walk a few times but this was primarily due to the heat. I am not a road runner and the concrete was a challenge for me as I was running in my Nike Terra Kigers. After dousing myself with cool water, I was able to carry on again. I approached the clear water and made sure there were no dinosaur-type creatures lurking below before sticking my hand in the water. Nevertheless, this did not stop me from cooling off at the third mile. With the shore so close to me, I was seemingly deterred from approaching the shore because there were "private property" signs posted at every boat dock along the way. At about three miles I was hot and needed to cool down. Fortunately, there was a burst of rain as I started my run in the mid afternoon when it was really warm. From here, you have the lake on your right and constant traffic on the left. I started on Golfview Drive and went left.
This was a relatively flat sidewalk run that circumnavigates the lake. We live in Florida and are always looking for quiet, traffic-less places to ride. Along with waiting at traffic lights there was a lot of stop and go as a result. Here we encountered three wheeler bikes and more pedestrians than on the rest of the loop. The trail returned to a residential area at the southern tip of the loop. That section of the trail is about a third of the entire loop around the lake.
Very noisy, suffocating, and essentially-horrible. Just south of the parking area on the west side of the lake though, the trail becomes the adjoining sidewalk for US Hwy 27, a high traffic, commercial road. We took our time and checked out the lovely homes. That part of the trail though is the most pleasant section. Using the road instead would have been our choice but there was no shoulder to speak of, too much traffic and the road curves and winds around the lake at that area of the trail which made it a dangerous option. As other reviewers noted the trail is a sidewalk. intersection on the east side of the lake and headed north. We arrived with high expectations but found the trail disappointing.
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