This was my second ever snorkeling trip and I feel that I have now just about advanced from ‘wimp’ status to ‘slightly nervous snorkeler clenching a noodle’. I smugly noticed that some people were more wimpy than me on this trip. It was satisfying to hear intermittent shrieking that definitely wasn’t my own. Mind you, my […]
Month: September 2016
Snorkeling (Not Just) For Wimps – Key Largo’s John Pennekamp Coral Reef Snorkeling Trips
I have wanted to go out to the reef for the longest time. After all, our wonderful Florida reef is not only the ONLY living reef system in the continental US, no, it is also the third largest in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef and the Belize Barrier Reef). Roughly speaking, the reef runs all […]
Barefoot Beach Preserve And Delnor Wiggins State Park – A Beach Lover’s Paradise
Undeveloped barrier islands are simply ‘the best’ and hard to come by in south Florida. There is much to be said for a nice sandy beach on a barrier island with a lush tropical backdrop, gently shelving into crystal clear water. There is yet more to be said when this beach area is also teeming with […]
St. George Island – Where Lighthouses Go To Die
On our road trip up to Apalachicola and the west coast of Florida earlier this year, we felt curious about St. George Island, a barrier island little more than a mile or two wide at its widest point, and a full 28 miles long. We were told of spectacular beaches, a State Park at the […]