by Jenna Workman | Jun 24, 2024 | Florida LIghthouses, Florida State Parks
Gasparilla Island has two lighthouses on it: Gasparilla Lighthouse & Port Boca Grande Lighthouse. I have visited the island twice now and I have yet to enter either one. Although Mother Nature is to blame, I feel there could have been an exception made on my last...
by Jenna Workman | Jun 24, 2024 | Florida State Parks
Most of my life I heard stories of the wild herpes monkeys that run free at Silver Springs and I have always wanted to see them. Legend has it that the movie Tarzan was filmed at Silver Springs in the 60’s and they brought in monkeys for the film. The thought was that...
by Jenna Workman | Jul 7, 2021 | Florida State Parks
Hontoon Island State Park is the closest state park to my house, about 10 minutes away. My goal was since I started my year journey was to I finished my goal at that park, on my actual birthday, July 25th, one year after I started my State Parking journey. I dreamt of...
by Jenna Workman | Jul 7, 2021 | Florida State Parks
It took me two attempts to go to Indian Key Historic State Park before I had success. The first time I tried to go to the park I did not realize it was accessible only by boat. The GPS kept trying to take me there but I could not find the road. Finally it dawned on me...
by Jenna Workman | Jul 7, 2021 | Florida LIghthouses, Florida State Parks
Quin is from Coral Gables and he wanted to show me his old stomping grounds. I asked him while we were down there if we could go to Bill Baggs and climb the lighthouse because I was unable to do so the last time I was there. We arrived pretty early for the tour so we...
by Jenna Workman | Jul 7, 2021 | Florida LIghthouses, Florida State Parks
I had been to Miami a few times in my life for various reasons and I never really liked any of my experiences there. I felt it was so busy and the people, in general, were not very friendly. Driving there was a nightmare. Growing up in Orlando, I thought I had a...
