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Marjorie Rawlings Cross Creek Home

By Michael Warren

At home with Marjorie Rawlings in Cross Creek

MARJORIE RAWLINGS STATE PARK, FL — Marjorie Rawlings’ Cross Creek home remains a page out of one of her novels. From the veranda of her rambling Cracker house she wrote such classic Florida stories as The Yearling and Cross Creek. But it turned out perfectly. “When I came to the Creek,” Rawlings wrote, “I knew […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida History, Florida State Parks Tagged With: cross creek, gainesville, marjorie rawlings, ocala

Ponce Inlet – Florida’s Tallest Lighthouse

By Michael Warren

Ponce Inlet

DAYTONA, FL — Florida’s tallest nightlight has aided sailors for more than a century. These days, the 175-foot lighthouse and museum at Ponce de Leon Inlet, just south of Daytona, put the spotlight on Florida’s rich maritime history. [FBLikeBox] After you’ve visited the lighthouse, it’s only a stone’s throw to the delightful beach at Lighthouse […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips Tagged With: daytona, lighthouse, ponce inlet, ponce inlet lighthouse

Florida’s Tallest Waterfall Is a Geological Oddity

By Michael Warren

Falling Waters State Park, Florida

FALLING WATERS STATE PARK — For a state with as little elevation as Florida, a 70-foot waterfall is truly unique. In fact, it’s more than 10 times higher than the average elevation of the state. What’s more strange, it originates at ground level. It begins as a small, rather ordinary stream that winds through a forest […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida State Parks Tagged With: falling waters, hiking, park, waterfall

DeLeon Springs: Pancake Breakfast at the Fountain of Youth

By Michael Warren

Not sure if this is how it worked for Ponce De Leon, but here’s another refreshing and youthful way to enjoy a hot summer day in central Florida: Start off the morning with hot pancakes at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill at DeLeon Springs State Park in Deland, Florida. The kids (and the kid in […]

Filed Under: Florida History, Florida Springs Tagged With: deland, DeLeon Springs Pancakes, Deleon Springs Sugar Mill, Florida Springs

Palm Coast: The FloridaTraveler Review

By Michael Warren

PALM COAST, FL — When the perfect vacation consists merely of a book and a beach, the ideal location is necessarily defined by way of negation. Such a place would not have crowds, noise or congestion; it would not have nearby attractions that demand inordinate time and attention; it would not require unusual effort in […]

Filed Under: Florida Beaches Tagged With: Marineland, Matanzas, Palm Coast, St. Augustine

Blue Spring State Park: A Winter Haven for Manatees

By Michael Warren

Manatees at Blue Spring

The earliest review of Blue Spring gave the place an 18th-century version of thumbs down. Naturalist John Bartram visited Blue Spring in January of 1766, and found a “surprising fountain … the colour of the sea, [that] smelled like bilge water, tasting sweetish and loathsome.” Fortunately for modern travelers, the chemistry of the spring has changed […]

Filed Under: Florida Day Trips, Florida Springs, Florida State Parks Tagged With: blue spring, Florida Springs, manatees, orange city

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