Most people dread the long road trip from Central Florida to Key West — but not me. I absolutely love it… maybe a little too much! If I had my way, it would take me days to make it all the way down because there are just so many places I want to stop and explore. When...

The GPS said Yellow Marsh was closed, forever. I called the park ranger at Blackwater and asked what was going on and he simply said that sometimes the internet lies. Yellow River Marsh Preserve did exist but he strongly encouraged me to pretend it didn’t. It was not...

Ybor was a city I had been to a few times before; once for the night life and one other time in the day. It just so happened Saturday was a great day to visit there. I arrived right when the museum opened so I gave them some time to settle in as I looked around the...

Heading to Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park, I was expecting to find a place in water but it was the opposite. The nice looking ranger handed me a guide and I went on my way, touring all over the quarry, learning about all of the events that use to took...

Wes Skiles Peacock State Park had 2 springs and many sinkholes. In fact, that whole region of the state had many sinkholes! When Andrew & I arrived, we drove to the furthest spot back and figured we would just work our way up to the front. We walked to Peacock...

The day I went to Wekiwa Springs was a lucky day for me because I got to pick up my granddaughter, June Bug, and take her swimming. I had not been there in years so I was looking forward to seeing it again and wondered if I remembered anything about it. I got up...

When I arrived at Weeki Wachee I was greeted by a pleasant woman with bad news. I just missed the sirens (the original mermaids). They were there for one show and I missed them by about 30 minutes, Bummer! That was ok, I knew the parks beauty would make up for it. I...

Brian was staying in Jacksonville for work so I asked if he wanted to explore some of the parks with me in the St. Augustine area. Always up for an adventure, he agreed & we hit the road. The ride to Washington Oaks Gardens was unbelievable. Everywhere I looked...

Waccasassa Bay Preserve had 3 ways of getting into it and Quin & I tried each one out. The first place we went was Gulf Hammock. The public ramp looked very scary to me, like a horror film was based there. We discovered quickly that there was not a place to rent...

Andrew and I arrived at Troy Springs to find it extremely quiet and the spring itself was closed to the public. We spent some time wandering around the grounds, admiring the peach trees and landscape, before making our way down to the spring.  At first we thought the...

Torreya State Park was just beautiful. Torreya is a tree that only grows at the Apalachicola River and like so many other resources, it has been depleted by humans. There was a huge plantation with tours but we were unable to participate because we had Casey. The...

Topsail Hill Preserve was a bustling park with people everywhere. It was a little overwhelming at first because it was so big and I wasn't sure what to focus on. I watched all of the people playing tag & Frisbee, and just hanging out, enjoying the day. There was a...