Florida is known for its famous springs, gushing up through holes in the limestone shelf, fresh and cool from the underground aquifer. Many are located in north-central Florida, and Lafayette Blue Springs State Park is the perfect home-base so see many of them. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun.
Author: Erika Zambello
Erika Zambello is a writer, birder, and photographer living and working along the Emerald Coast of Florida. She has a master’s degree in environmental management, where she specialized in ecosystem science and conservation. Her love of the outdoors was inspired by a childhood in Maine, where she returned for her National Geographic Young Explorer grant. In addition to Maine, she has lived in New York, France, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. Erika believes in the power of communicating conservation and exploration, which was the inspiration for One World, Two Feet.
Florida State Parks – Ravine Gardens
Florida is flat, there is no way to deny it. Whereas other regions of the United States sport mountains reaching over a mile into the sky, I’m thrilled to find even low-lying hills in our state. That’s one of the many reasons Ravine Gardens State Park strikes a chord in its visitors: two ravines up…
One Sky, Our Birds – The Warblers Have Returned to Florida!
As October draws to a close, so does the fall migration season. Billions of birds, including the colorful, neotropical warbler varieties, have journeyed thousands of miles from summer breeding grounds in the north to winter haunts in the south; many will even remain in Florida for the colder months before spring migration. Read the rest…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 