Besides Shingle Creek Regional Park, another "urban wilderness" area that I love is Twin Oaks Conservation Area. Located on an eastern arm of Lake Tohopekaliga in Kissimmee, it offers a number of recreation opportunities for simple folks like me. First, I enjoy fishing there. To be honest, I've never actually caught a fish, or even [...]
Category: On the road
Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
One of the things I've read about in Florida that is in the Orlando area is called the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. Last Memorial Day weekend we were able to go explore it a little bit. Lake Apopka is the fourth largest lake in Florida and has a large conservation area along its North Shore. [...]
St. Augustine Trip (Part 2)
It's a little late for this title to be applicable because the trip was 2 months ago, but I wrote the first post related to it then with the intent to follow up with a few more. So here's (finally) the second one. While in St. Augustine (Florida), a can't-miss attraction is Castillo De San [...]
St. Augustine Trip (Part 1)
Hi everyone. I've recently fallen behind on my Life of Paul series and my Universe Just for Us series. Both of those require extra research and thought and I just have had other things going on lately. This past weekend, though, Darlene and I were able to get away for a few days and make [...]
Florida’s Alafia River Rendezvous
One of my sons pointed out to me that this weekend was the Alafia River Rendezvous in Polk County, Florida. Neither of us had heard about it before and so we decided to check it out, along with my daughter-in-law and my other son. The Rendezvous is hosted by the Florida Frontiersmen and has just [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 