Anclote Key Preserve State Park lies three miles from Tarpon Springs in the Gulf of Mexico. You need a boat to get there. While I generally have private boats available to me, I had never been to this particular barrier island. When the opportunity to host a photo walk with a local photography group came…
One of the most beautiful gardens in Florida, Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo, Florida calls itself “our urban oasis”. This county park aims to inspire and educate visitors using a number of resources, including plants and flowers as well as the animals which call the gardens, creeks, and wetlands home. These beautiful gardens in Florida…
I grew up in Miami in the 1980s, an animal lover, with a new zoo practically in my back yard. Miami Metrozoo was a cutting edge facility at the time, one of the best zoos in Florida if not the country. I spent weekends and summers there, learning about animals and conservation in different parts…
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…