water recreation

Warm Mineral Springs closes – then opens again
Warm Mineral Springs closes – then opens again

Warm Mineral Springs closes – then opens again

She squints at my driver’s license, leaning in to read the address. Sarasota County residents get $5 off admission to Warm Mineral Springs, a national treasure located in North Port, which just happens to be part of Sarasota County. Yep.…

50 Great Walks in Florida is now an e book!
50 Great Walks in Florida is now an e book!

50 Great Walks in Florida is now an e book!

BREAKING NEWS University Press of Florida has just announced that Lucy’s award-winning print book 50 Great Walks in Florida is now available as a Kindle e book on Amazon. Did you know that once you click the “Buy” button you…

Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun
Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun

Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun

It is not my fault. Someone has to bite the calories, taste the Grimaldi handmade chocolates then report to you. That would be me. I bravely walk into their store on Waverly Place in Melbourne. The vats for making chocolate…

Walk Leaf-strewn Trails in a Florida Forest
Walk Leaf-strewn Trails in a Florida Forest

Walk Leaf-strewn Trails in a Florida Forest

My dogs like walking the Sand Hill Trail at Silver Springs State Park in Ocala. Often we’re the first ones walking the leaf-strewn path and that means our chances of seeing wildlife are pretty good. A fact of life –…