Florida State Parks – The Barnacle

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!

Birding Maine – Meadow and Marsh at the Wells Reserve

Hundreds of species of birds have been identified at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. During my visit in early September, I wondered which ones I could tick off. I had been to the Wells Reserve once before in late May, en route to my sister’s graduation in upstate New York. Though I didn’t have…

Florida State Parks – Rocky Bayou

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…