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Veterans Park – Fort Walton Beach, Florida
How did a small county park in the Florida Panhandle, that is surrounded by tourist-focused businesses, become the subject of an article about hiking and nature? By blending a unique memorial to women veterans with an outstanding habitat that plays a surprisingly important role on songbird migration. After reflecting on our experience there, the photographer…
The Upper Cove, Cove Spring Park – Frankfort, Kentucky
Hiking the Upper Cove was not the plan. In fact, we had hoped to hike in the lowland wetlands of Cove Spring Park, along the Penitentiary Branch waterway – a birding hotspot with the promise of Wood Ducks and other wetland species. But when we arrived we found that the entire parking lot for the…
Shoreline Park – Gulf Breeze, Florida
Shoreline Park appears as a significant bit of greenspace on Google Maps as we drive to Pensacola during our frequent visits to the Florida Panhandle. Located on a peninsula that is surrounded by Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Sound, I thought that it held a promise of wetlands. It was Earth Day and we were…