Last month, I started the first of what will be many trips to revisit and revise all of the hikes in “50 Hikes in Central Florida.” First on the list was Fort Cooper State Park. It’s nearby, it wasn’t raining (ever so briefly in a week’s worth of rain), and it was short enough to [...]

Governor Charlie Crist declared July Florida Park and Recreation Month, so take the opportunity this holiday weekend to get out and have fun at a park near you! Whether it’s a short walk on a nice boardwalk like the one at Cooter Park in Inverness, or an afternoon swimming and sunning on Caledesi Island, Florida [...]