For our final day, we journeyed up the west side of the lake. Though The Birches Resort was our final destination, we made multiple pit-stops to explore the shoreline on the way there and back. First stop: Rockwood’s public boat launch facing Mount Kineo. In the summertime, this area on the water is alive with…
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 – Falling Waters
I felt the air before I saw the waterfall and sink hole at Falling Waters State Park. Descending down the boardwalk stairs, the air had been hot and humid, but as I leaned over the railing to gaze 100 feet down, I felt the whoosh of cooler air against my face and hair. Closing my…
Duke Nicholas School – Summer Plover Chicks
We approached the nest slowly, watching where we stepped on the white sand of the Emerald Coast dunes. There had been three eggs the day before, but only one chick and egg remained. The team of wildlife specialists explained that the other baby was probably already running around, so we had to be extra careful!…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 