Bahia Honda Key/, Big Pine Key, Florida Bahia Honda State Park is a small Florida state park, but has the unique claim (like most things in the keys) of being Florida’s southernmost state park. Inside the park, visitors will find a number of beautiful, white sand beaches, hiking trails, a nature center, some local...
Fort Pickens is one of several historic coastal defense forts built during the early 19th century to protect the Gulf Coast, Pensacola Bay and Mobile Bay from the threat of invasion, and that can still be visited today. Part of the Gulf Island National Seashore, begun in 1829, and named after famed Revolutionary hero...
Camping on the beach is one of those ideal dreams I always thought would be cool to experience. It brings me back to a time when there were beach parties and surfers were able to roam the shorelines without concern. Now, there are very few places in the United States where spending a...
Morrison Springs may be the coolest swimming hole I have ever seen. Located in what can only be described as the backwoods of Florida, this cold water spring exudes the term crystal clear blue water. One can easily see the 20 or 30 feet to the bottom. For me, this swimming hole felt like...
Bahia Honda Key, Big Pine Key, Florida Bahia Honda State Park is a small Florida state park, but has the unique claim (like most things in the keys) of being Florida’s southernmost state park. Inside the park, visitors will find a number of beautiful, white sand beaches, hiking trails, a nature center, some local...
Tamiamia Trail (US Hwy. 41), Homestead to Everglades City, Florida When departing from Miami or the Florida Keys, and traveling back North, I must recommend taking Highway 41, also known as Tamiami Trail to at least Naples. This 247 mile drive was one of many great recommendations made to me on my road trip...
St. Petersburg, Florida – Maximo Park The Tocobaga 18 hole disc golf course located in Maximo Park, a park & archaeological site where the Tocobaga Native Americans had previously built mounds. The mounds are essentially gone (you’ll never know you’re on them), but a beautiful park remains in its place. The park contains a...
Continuing south on my road trip around Florida, I drive down A1A until I eventually reach Hwy. 1 and the wonderful, beautiful, laid back set of islands known as the Florida Keys. The welcome to Key Largo was a huge relief, and now I knew I was almost to my overall destination for the...
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida The Easterlin Disc Golf course is an 18 hole, challenging course in the Ft. Lauderdale’s local Easterlin Park. Once the first hole is found, the course is relatively easy to follow, and well marked with signs at each hole. The registration office also has a map of the course (although it...
I have just returned from a long road trip up and down the coasts of Florida, and will be detailing some of my outdoor adventures in the upcoming week. My first real stop on this trip was in the town of St. Augustine. In addition to the beaches, St. Augustine has a number of...