Each Spring the National Park Service holds National Park Week. In 2016, National Park Week is April 16-24th! In honor of the National Park Service Centennial this year, all parks are offering free admission the entire week. Just think: you and your family can celebrate America’s natural beauty, rich cultural sites, and historic landmarks for […]
We split up our long drive from southern Florida back home to North Carolina into 2 parts so we spent the night in Jacksonville, Florida. Last year we took a National Park trip on the eastern side of Florida that included Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve. That time we only had time to visit Fort […]
Here is a short video I put together from our trip last week. We visited 6 National Parks last week: – DeSoto National Monument – Big Cypress National Preserve – Biscayne National Park – Everglades National Park – Canaveral National Seashore – Timucuan National Preserve Read more details about our adventures last week at Everglades […]
Out of all the National Parks that my family and I planned on visiting this week, the most ambitious (and one I most looked forward to visiting) was Everglades National Park. I say “ambitious” because Everglades National Park spans 1,508,538 acres and contains 4 separate Visitor Centers — each with their own distinct areas of […]
As part of our family’s trip this week to the National Parks of Southern Florida, we visited Biscayne National Park. Biscayne National Park is a very unique site within the National Park system because out of its 172,971 acres, 95% of it is underwater. They say to truly appreciate this National Park, you need to […]
My family and I are spending this Spring Break down in South Florida to visit 3 National Parks: Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglades National Park, and Biscayne National Park. After a day in Fort Myers watching my beloved Red Sox take it to the Phillies at JetBlue Park, we spent the night in Naples and […]