Floridiana Magazine

Year in Review: Natural Florida

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 13:00:01 +0000

Florida is home to 175 state parks, trails, and historic sites, with countless other wildlife refuges and wildlife drives. Looking back at 2018, we visited numerous places we consider to be natural Florida – some of them more than once. Links to the original posts are embedded within the descriptions. Pioneer Park, Zolfo Springs Encompassing...

Sweetwater Wetlands Park

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:39:12 +0000

Traveling the state, visiting “old Florida,” provides many opportunities to experience life the way it used to be. But there are times when those travels drop you off in the midst of some of the state’s most picturesque locations, yet close enough to the real world. One such location is Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville. ...

Micanopy: The Town that Time Forgot

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:00:04 +0000

A Saturday visit to Micanopy demonstrated the laid back way of life in this small Florida town. Closing in on 10:00 a.m., the streets were void of cars and the shops had not yet opened. The only life in this little town at that time of the morning was at the Coffee n’ Cream Café. ...

Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office Evinston, Florida

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:00:21 +0000

When the Evinston post office opened in 1882, the cost to mail a first class letter was just three cents! Since then, stamp prices have increased, the landscape of the town has changed (although not drastically) and the hours of the post office have been cut back. But one thing has never changed: the importance...

Dudley Farm Historic State Park

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 08:00:56 +0000

Growing up in the 70s, I remember watching “Little House on the Prairie” and reading books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The amount of work it took to run their farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota seemed foreign to me. I couldn’t imagine how families could survive. Visiting the Dudley Farm Historic State Park in Newberry rekindled...