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 [...]
Category: Tourist Attractions
Pioneer Village Field Trips
I just finished another busy week and haven't had time to research and write any of my usual blog posts, so I thought I'd write another one about stuff I'm currently doing. A large part of my job is running field trips at Pioneer Village for Osceola History. Here's a taste of what that involves. [...]
Upcoming Pioneer Day 2024
Well, this is not the post I intended for this week. I'm still working on the next Life of Paul post and the next Creation post, but neither are close enough to being ready. The main reason? Things have been really busy at work lately and I have fallen behind on my research and writing, [...]
Lake Kissimmee State Park
For this week's blog - my "in-between the Life of Paul" week - I'd like to tell you a little about Lake Kissimmee State Park. Lake Kissimmee is the third largest lake in Florida. The lake itself lies in Osceola County, but the state park that bears its name is in adjacent Polk County. The [...]
Osceola History Mobile App
One of the things I really enjoyed doing for the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, NV was developing a mobile app for them. No, I'm not a programmer. I used an online product from STQRY.com that allows me to create the content and they take care of the back-end stuff. I recently did something [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 