To fill out our week of visiting National Park sites, Tom and I stopped at Biscayne National Park just south of Miami. Biscayne National Park is 95% water, which means that the number of things you can do without a boat are limited. Biscayne National Park preserves Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs. The shore of …
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Everglades National Park in Florida
Tom and I made a quick trip to Everglades National Park in Florida in between Big Cypress and Biscayne. We had been to Everglades several times and weren’t really interested in seeing it again. But, in our previous visits, I had neglected to get a stamp. So we took advantage of our proximity for me …
Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida
The day after visiting De Soto National Memorial, Tom and I visited Big Cypress National Preserve. Big Cypress is administered by the National Park Service, so I needed the stamp. In addition, Tom and I had never been there, despite previously visiting Everglades National Park. Big Cypress National Preserve is a diverse landscape of cypress …
De Soto National Memorial in Florida
Tom and I are one week into our big trip now and our first major stop was De Soto National Memorial in Florida. The first two days were long days spent driving south on I-75, but the third day we got to do some fun stuff. De Soto National Memorial is a small National Historic …
Beautiful Fort Frederica National Monument
Besides having so much interesting history, Fort Frederica National Monument is beautiful. I take a morning walk every day around 8 a.m. and love to see the changing conditions and unchanging beauty. Over the seven seasons we spent at Fort Frederica I have seen a lot of beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Lots of gorgeous days …
History Still Comes Alive at Fort Frederica
During our very short two months at Fort Frederica National Monument, Tom and I were out every weekend doing living history. Unlike previous years when we had other volunteers with us, it was mostly just the two of us. Sometimes we had a ranger out there with us and Jamieson came to weave two days. …
Setting Up for Special Events
Although people enjoy special events at National Park sites, they often don’t think about the setting up that has to happen before the special event. No matter how many people are involved in the event, there are just as many people who worked hard before the event and cleaned up after the event. At Fort …
Kathy and Marty Wise, Maintenance Volunteers
Over the last two months, it has been our privilege to get to know Kathy and Marty Wise, who are new maintenance volunteers here at Fort Frederica National Monument. Although Kathy and Marty came toward the end of January, they are both people who are good at jumping in and helping out. This is the …
Georgia History Day at Oglethorpe
Once again this year, Tom and I represented Fort Frederica at Georgia History Day at Oglethorpe Elementary School. The Fort was well represented with Ellen Provenzano and Ranger Bob Lumas doing a session on archaeology and Tom and I doing a session on colonial clothing. Last year Tom and I did a similar session but …
Seventh Season at Fort Frederica National Monument
Tom and I are back at Fort Frederica National Monument for our seventh season. This one will be our shortest yet because we want to be back home at the beginning of March. We need at least a month to see our doctors and family before we head out on our next big adventure. Fort …