I stood on the sidewalk in the busy Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, bustling already even in the morning. Surrounding me stood restaurants, shops and beautiful homes, but the Barnacle Historic State park was an oasis of thick green trees. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun!

When I moved to Florida in the summer of 2015, Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou was the very first park I visited. Since then, I have been back numerous times, working my way through their “30 Things to Discover at Rocky Bayou State Park” list. On my most recent visit, I determined to check off a…

I stood between Camp Helen State Park’s dune lake and the Gulf of Mexico, feeling the current push against my legs. Lake Powell’s bronze-colored water flowed past me, where it mixed with the salt water along the beach. Schools of minnows clung to the edge of the outfall, while larger fish swam in its fast-moving…