Posts in Category: Florida
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Disney Magnolia Course – Not Mickey Mouse
I first played the Disney Magnolia Golf Course almost forty-two years ago to the day when I returned to play it last week. On the first occasion I was there with three other friends celebrating our graduation from law school. When I returned it was to celebrate my retirement from active practice. Won’t you join […]
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Legoland Florida – 10 Tips for a Great Visit
I have three grandsons, aged 10, 8 and 6. A few years ago I promised each that when they turned 10, I would take them to Florida with Alison and me and they could choose whatever adventure they liked and we would do it. This year, AJ turned 10 and his first choice was to […]
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Dry Tortugas National Park – You Must Go
I’ve been going to the Florida Keys for over forty years, but until today I never got to perhaps the most interesting spot in all of Florida, the Dry Tortugas. When tourists line up for a block to get their pictures taken at the Southernmost Point buoy in Key West, most of them don’t realize that […]
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Hemingway House – A Key West Gem
Ernest Hemingway was, without doubt, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and I use the word writer, rather than novelist on purpose. He not only wrote compelling novels, but some of the best short stories ever written. Throw in works of non-fiction including the incomparable A Moveable Feast and some books of poetry […]
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Key West Cemetery – Out of the Ordinary
A visit to Key West Cemetery will dispense with the three reasons most people have in visiting a cemetery: They are going to a funeral. They are visiting someone who’s already there. They are the funeral. However, there are plenty more. Cemeteries can tell you as much or more about a place than any history […]
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Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida
This is the next entry in my ongoing series on Florida State Parks or ‘The Real Florida’ as their motto states. The more of these parks I visit the more inclined I am to agree that the motto is dead on. A couple of examples in this series include Myakka River State Park and John […]
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Mound Key Archaeological State Park, Florida
This is another in my continuing series on Florida State Parks or to borrow their motto, The Real Florida, with which I have to agree. I’ve been coming to SW Florida for almost 40 years and have been fascinated with the history of the Calusa Indians, who once called this area their home for well […]
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Corkscrew Sanctuary – Every Visit is Different
I’ve visited Corkscrew Sanctuary in SW Florida at least a dozen times over the past thirty years and I’m always amazed at how completely different each visit is from the past ones. On one visit the water might be high and there will be wildlife everywhere, while on another it might be low and instead […]
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Koreshan Historic Site – Seven Reasons to Visit
Alison and I have been driving by the entrance to Koreshan State Historic Site just off Highway 41 south of Fort Myers for at least twenty-five years and we’ve never gone in – until today. I had enough interest in the place to know that it was an historic site of a religious community that […]