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Crews Lake Wilderness Park is a 113-acre park in Spring Hill, Florida. As the name implies, the park is located on the shores of a lake and, across the lake, abuts Jumping Gully Preserve (not open to the public). Crews Lake features mostly pine flatwoods, an easy-to-traverse terrain, and a variety of activities for the…
Caladesi Island State Park beckons across the smooth green waters of Hurricane Pass. It’s nearly low tide, and her sand bars glisten in the sun. Part white wet sand, part shallow waters shooting diamonds into the air as a soft breeze ruffles the surface. This is my happy place. Like all barrier islands, especially those…
Nature Coast Botanical Gardens encompasses 4.5 acres just off Spring Hill Road, the main east-west roadway in Spring Hill. The property at the corner of Parker Avenue and Alderwood Street includes a nursery on one acre and the botanical gardens on 3.5 acres. Though small, the facility is packed with 22 distinct, themed gardens organized…
On a hot March day in 2019 I spent 30 minutes cursing my GPS before I pulled into a well-marked road leading towards Tampa Bay. My GPS had, as she often does, guided me through back roads and obscure neighborhoods rather than giving me the straightest route possible. I pulled into an overflowing parking lot,…
Beach chairs line the sand, their happy colors muted against the colored sky. People become dark silhouettes, some merging to one shape as they embrace to watch the nightly show. Sunsets in Florida beckon people to stop for a moment and enjoy nature’s beauty. They tempt us to dream, to relax, to sigh in wonder.