Google Maps - 5417 cedar pine court orlando fl to white springs, fl
175 miles door to door 165 highway, about 2.5 hours travel time.
There are plenty of hotel rooms around $60 in Lake City, about 14 miles south of the Park.
We can pack picnic basket for lunch and dinner and drive up Saturday morning arriving around noon. Stay through Rosanne Cash then spend the night in Lake City.
We could bring our snorkel gear and hit a spring such as Ginnie Springs or Blue Springs or something around the High Springs area.