While RV camping at Lake Griffin State Park in Fruitaland Park, we drove the 15 minutes over to take a hike at Flat Island Preserve, located in Leesburg. It was a foggy morning to start out, which was nice. By the time we were half way through the hike the... Read more →

While RV camping at Lake Griffin State Park, we took the 30 minute drive over to check out Trout Lake Nature Center. Located in Eustis, the Trout Lake Nature Center is a place that offers some short hiking trails, environmental education programs, and a small museum with nature artifacts. There... Read more →

We just got done spending four nights at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park. We had a great time camping, hiking, biking, running, and stargazing! We look forward to going back there again in the future. As the name implies, this is a 54,000 acre prairie. It's wide open and the... Read more →

There are a lot of hiking opportunities in the Bulow Woods. While we have hiked starting from where the Fairchild Oak is in Ormond Beach, we haven't done it from where the Plantation Ruins Historic State Park is in Flagler Beach until this week. When you go to the Blow... Read more →

Recently, while visiting the Florida Natural History Museum that is at the University of Florida, we stopped by to see the bat houses that they have on campus. It's pretty neat! I'd love to be there at night to see the bats come out. They have two built and a... Read more →