Palmetto State Park is enchanting and magical place to visit. Something is in the air here that makes the worst day turn lovely. It is a place to visit with people and a place to escape depending on your mood. The State Park has several different areas to visit. One area overlooks this valley. There is not a lot of […]
Rainbow Springs State Park is partly man made and partly nature. The site once was the home of mammoths, Native American, and a town named Juliette which helped mine phosphate in the area. But in the 1930s, it became a theme park with glass boat rides, a zoo, a monorail, a rodeo, and more. But the theme park closed in […]
Fannings Spring State Park and Fort Fanning Historical Park are two great places of beauty, wildlife, and history. Over 14,000 years ago, the park was used by the Paleo Indians for fishing, hunting, and enjoyment. Over 2,000 year ago, the Native Americans used this area for food, shelter, and enjoyment. The harbor would be used for Steamboats and a Fort […]
Choke Canyon State Park is full of wild life which can be spotted at every turn. It also has two different Units which include Calliham and South Shore, i.e. they are about a half mile to a mile apart. Calliham Unit The Calliham Unit is full of camp sites, cabins, hiking, a boat ramp, a beach, and so much more. […]
Trough Creek State Park is a place that I want to go back too. I loved my time here but I believe that my ankle was hurt because I know that I was limiting the hiking that I was doing. But as you can see from the three pictures above the place is lovely and this is just as you […]
Burr Oak State Park and Tom Jenkins Dam is a place to get away from it all. It is a great place to boat, picnic, spend time with family, swim, and/or hike. But the different areas to picnic area almost unlimited. This is a perfect little area across from the lake but far enough away from other is enjoy family […]
Fort McAllister was created to protect Savannah during the Civil War. The land was on McAllister’s farm and he created the Fort with his slaves and other southern troops that he commanded. The Fort was very slow at first and really was just a camping area with lots of bugs biting the troops. But it would have two major events […]
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area is a special place for me. I spent several days here with Olive Oil bonding as she was only about eleven weeks old plus it was Thanksgiving Weekend. The place was just so peaceful that I did not want to leave but we had to as it was time to get back to Pittsburgh. The […]
Palo Duro Canyon State Park is in the second largest Canyon in the United States at 120 miles long and between 600 and 800 deep. The park is beautiful from the moment you enter to the time that you leave. My first stop was the El Coronado Lodge and Visitors Center which has a wonderful view of the canyon below. […]
Collier-Seminole park was donated to the state of Florida by the Barron Collier who was a advertising tycoon. The park have around 7,271 acres with several trails, provides habitats for Florida’s wildlife, and a bit of history littered throughout the park. As you enter the park, on the right, the last existing Bay City Walking Dredge sits. This helped create […]