You guys, I know I said this last month when I was talking about Rainbow Springs, but I think I now have a new favorite spring (or at least a Top 3)! Kelly Park is home to Rock Spring (so it's often referred to as Kelly Park/Rock Springs), located in Apopka (try saying that three times fast), a mere 30-40 minutes north of downtown Orlando. …
We recently had the good fortune (even if it was hurricane-induced) to camp at Rainbow Springs State Park for a few days! You can read all about our adventures (including tubing near an alligator) on that trip here. After spending a few days at Rainbow Springs we realized there is SO MUCH information that really needs to be shared to help others make the most…
Stay for the Hurricane, Evacuate for the Power Outage We all know people in Florida are crazy. After all, Florida has alligators, several varieties of poisonous snakes, fire ants, sinkholes, sharks, tourists, heat, humidity, and . . . hurricanes, and yet we still make our homes here. Living in Florida you have to be a certain amount of tough - and a certain amount of crazy. So…
Have you seen our paddling posts? I think at this point I've blogged about paddling down the Wacissa River, the Chipola River, the Rainbow River, as well as tubing the Ichetucknee River and so you've probably seen most of this stuff in the pictures. In lieu of boring everyone with these descriptions in each post, I figured we'd just make one post going over the paddling gear we…
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(Heads up: Some of our links in this post are affiliate links. This just means that, at no additional cost to you, we earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. This greatly helps us with the costs of upkeep for this site. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of affiliate links, please let us know. All opinions…
School started this week. Yikes. I can't believe the summer flew by so fast - and while I can look back and see that we did a good bit and I did my best to balance fun with relaxing, it still didn't seem long enough. But alas, time marches on and we are now back to schedules and lunch boxes and permission slips. A few years…
