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If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you know I often find places to visit – especially parks – by scrolling Google Maps. I found Gator Creek Reserve in Lakeland, Florida in this way, while searching for parks to visit on a return trip from Orlando to Tampa. For that search, I sought places…
Any time I travel to a city I haven’t visited before, I have to find a botanical garden. It’s one of my things, and over the years I’ve found beautiful gardens in some unexpected places. In 2023 I visited Lakeland several times, mostly for hiking. It’s less than two hours from home so makes an…
Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland opened in late 2022, and I first learned about it through those Facebook ads that pop up every other post. You know… group post | ad | group post | ad | page post | ad | friend post | ad… I kept seeing this beautiful little creek – and…
Early on a Saturday morning in November, I pulled into the parking lot next to Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum. This hidden gem in St. Petersburg popped on a map search – my preferred way of finding new places to explore – one night while scrolling across Google Maps. The name jumped out at me. A…
Are you thinking about going hiking at Little Manatee River State Park? If so, you’re in the right place! One of many state parks in the Tampa Bay area, it’s a beautiful hike, and one of my favorite places for hiking in Tampa. When I visited on Thanksgiving weekend, I thought the park would be…