The setting sun splashed yellow and pink shades across the lapping water of Biscayne Bay. On the shores of Oleta River State Park, my friends and I felt captivated by the sunset spectacle. From where we stood on the sand, we found ourselves surrounded on one side by mangrove trees and forest. A wild fox…
Category: Florida State Parks
Florida State Parks – Gamble Plantation
Everything had been carefully placed, from the glasses to the chairs to the portraits on the wall, to showcase what the Gamble Plantation could have looked like when first constructed by Major Robert Gamble in the 1840’s. The house itself was beautiful of course, but what really impressed me was the attention to detail that…
Florida State Parks – Fort Mose
Sitting on a quiet 40 acres along Robinson and Baya Creeks, Fort Mose Historic State Park invites both introspection and reflection. My first stop when visiting was to the museum, where I chatted with Ranger Steven Gard. Sounds over the loudspeaker brought me mentally to the 18th century settlement of Fort Mose, the tapping of…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 