Back in January I told you about my son's pneumonia and lung surgery. He has fully recovered now, and one thing I didn't write about was that we had an early January family cruise vacation planned that we ended having to cancel. But thanks to the recommendation of our travel expert (David!!) we had purchased [...]
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Osceola County (FL) Wilderness Areas – Twin Oaks Conservation Area
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 [...]
Osceola County (FL) Wilderness Areas – Shingle Creek Regional Park
Part of my job with the Osceola County Historical Society (Osceola History) is to educate the public about some of the natural, wilderness areas in our County. We have quite a few! Here's a map I put together of the specially preserved areas throughout the county. By the way, where I work and live is [...]
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 [...]
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 