Florida: Boyd Hill Nature Preserve and Lake Seminole Park
Last Florida post! In the final days of my trip, my dad and I visited a couple of local city parks, one in St. Petersburg called Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. This park reminded me of Texas parks; there’s an admission fee, set hours (nature is closed on Mondays), a gift shop, and even an optional…
Bike Touring San Juan Island
Lopez Island was a good warm-up for San Juan, because our next camping destination, San Juan County Park, is a very hilly 10 miles from the ferry drop-off at Friday Harbor. There was also heavier traffic, but the strawberry house along the way made up for any hardship. We eventually made it to the campground…
Florida: Weedon Preserve, Sawgrass Park, and Seminole Lake
One of the highlights of my trip to Florida was birding with my dad. He lives in Largo and his birding enthusiasm is a close match to mine. In the past year since I started birding, we’ve have a blast quizzing each other by emailing pictures of birds we can’t see in our respective areas. He sends me…