At the far north end of Market Street, that famed boulevard that slices right through the heart of Apalachicola’s historic business district, the road ends at the Apalachicola Reserve Nature Center and its adjoining nature trail. While the center is only open on weekends, the trail is available anytime (dawn to dusk), and I took […]
Archives for April 2008
On Iron Mountain
Atop the highest point on the Florida Peninsula stands a monument to an immigrant who lived the American Dream and decided that his legacy would be to preserve this high point: Bok Tower Gardens.
Time to ramp it up
Hi, gang! We returned from Apalachicola today in a driving rain, the Gulf of Mexico so dark and silvery it felt like driving through a Clyde Butcher photograph. Rob and I just celebrated our third wedding anniversary AND my latest book, “Orlando & Central Florida: An Explorer’s Guide” is turned in, AND the Florida Hiking […]