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Everglades National Park – Homestead, Florida
I had last been in the Everglades 50 years ago. My recall was largely limited to a ranger led “swamp tromp” that I took with a collection of non-familial adults when I was a teen, and I was eager to return with a more nuanced eye to its ecology. We were looking for an escape…
Brukner Nature Center – Troy, Ohio
We selected Brukner Nature Center for a Presidents’ Day outing as it is reported to have Skunk Cabbage along its Swamp Boardwalk Trail and we were entering Skunk Cabbage season. Skunk Cabbage is the first wildflower to bloom in the new year in the Ohio River Valley, but there is none accessible close to our…
Dry Tortugas National Park – Florida
I have written many times about how the photographer loves when an outing marries history with nature – this was one of those adventures. This was the photographer’s and my fourth trip to Key West and the first without kids, and we had long ago decided that this was the time that we would bite…