#146 Waccasassa Bay Preserve
June 14, 2017 I am a stubborn and prideful person by nature and I really wanted to accomplish my goal without the help from ANYONE. My ego lessened as the time to meet this goal was rapidly approaching and many parks were proving to be difficult to get to, so I...
#145 Egmont Key
June 11, 2017 I love lighthouses so I was pretty excited to visit this island. This park does require a boat so I jumped on the ferry and headed over. I was a little worried because the rain started to fall as I watched the clock, waiting to travel over....
Primitive Camping on Anclote Key
February 2019 Quin and I had been talking about camping on Anclote Key for over a year and we finally made a date to do it. We decided to make this a group event for many reasons. One, we were not in the best place in our relationship so company was needed and two, we...
#143 & 144 Ybor City Museum & Anclote Key Preserve
June 10, 2017 Ybor was a city I had been to a few times before; for the night life and only one other time in the day. It just so happens 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...
#141 & 142 Camp Helen & St. Andrews
May 28, 2017 Camp Helen was such a nice treat for me. I loved walking around the grounds learning about how active it used to be. I would have loved being a part of the crew that got to utilize this camp. There was a nice lake that people were kayaking on, a pathway...
#138 – 140 Grayton Beach, Eden Gardens & Deer Lake
May 28, 2017 It was Memorial Day and I knew I had to be at the first park right when it opened because I learned the day before, these parks really start to fill up as the day goes on. Grayton Beach had many beautiful sand dunes and a nice boardwalk that led to a very...
#137 Florida Caverns
May 27 & 28, 2017 I heard that Florida had caverns a few years ago and I was in disbelief. I knew I had to visit them so when I found out they were in a state park, that was a bonus! I planned to visit the caverns the first of the year but mother nature had a...
#135 & 136 Ponce DeLeon Springs & Falling Waters
May 27, 2017 Swimming in the springs is not on my to do list which makes traveling with a dog much easier! It was getting later in day and arriving at Ponce de Leon Springs was a reminder of the holiday weekend. I drove around the small parking lot and found one of...
#132 – 134 Madison Blue Spring, Alfred B McClay Gardens & Lake Jackson Mounds
May 27, 2017 The car was packed full and I was ready to go well before most people are even thinking about waking up on a weekday, let alone on a Saturday! It was Memorial Day Weekend and I learned a few years back that people LOVE to go to the springs on a holiday....
#131 Cayo Costa
May 13, 2017 Waking up before the sun is easy to do when you have a State Parking goal to accomplish! As the number of parks go down (30 left), the amount that I visit in a day go down as well. For the most part, the parks that I have left need to be traveled to via...
#129 & 130 Estreo Bay Preserve & Koreshan Historic
March 12, 2017 Oh, if only I would learn lessons from State Parking excursions of the past! My first park of the day was supposed to be to Mound Key Archaeological Preserve only I could not find it anywhere! Why? It was in the middle of the water, accessible by boat...
#125 – 128 Fakahatchee Strand Preserve, Collier-Seminole, Delnor-Wiggins Pass & Lover’s Key
March 11, 2017 As I mentioned once before, I was scheduled to go down to the parks near Ft. Myers and below but the campsites were all booked up. One night I was messaging with my friend George, who lives in that area & he suggested that I stay at his place for a...