Hike Bike Paddle Camp Florida with authors Sandra Friend and John Keatley as your guides
Once known for its orange groves, Maitland is now a bustling city with many lakes and lakefront parks under a old-growth tree canopy.
In Maitland, Kappy’s is an old-fashioned drive-in with burgers, dogs, and the thick, rich milkshakes that it’s so hard to find these days, the kind my parents used to take me to.
At Lake Lotus Park in Altamonte Springs, the 1.7-mile trail system along Lake Lotus and the Little Wekiva River floodplain provides a great respite from surrounding suburbia.
Conceived in the Art Deco era and shaded by a canopy of ancient oaks, the Maitland Art Center is, in part, a fantasy of a Mayan temple with formal gardens around historic art studios.
Swamp sunflowers (Helianthus angustifolius) are one of the delights of fall in Florida when they bloom en masse.
