Split Oak Forest Mitigation Park, which is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail, is a 1,800 acre area that was purchased to help protect the Gopher Tortoise. The park also is used to show visitors the positive effects of prescribed burns. Split Oak Park has four main hiking trails: the 5.3 mile long North/South [...]
As I mentioned in my Geocaching post, my family and I found a cache (Kissimmee Army Airfield – Pre WWII) near the Kissimmee Gateway Airport, and from it I learned that this particular airport had been a Pre-WWII military base. As we were leaving the cache that day I noticed a sign along the side [...]
Let’s face it, Florida is HOT. We all know it and we all deal with it, mostly by spending our days in the pool! While I do have a pool in my own backyard, sometimes it is just more fun to go to a place with slides and a splash area.
Step back in time and explore with your family what life was like in the late 1800′s at Peghorn Nature Park and Trail! This beautiful 58 acre park has been preserved to show visitors what wild Florida was like back then. The park features native plants and animals, as well as a Cracker Village consisting [...]
Ok, so after reading my intro, I’m sure many of you are thinking, “What in the world is Geocaching?” Geocaching is a scavenger hunt using a GPS and coordinates to find hidden containers placed all over the world! The containers can be very tiny, like the size of a bolt, all the way up to [...]
Sometimes the wide screen just doesn’t do it, and guys feel the need to see a live game. With more than more than 300 events a year encompassing 60 different sports and athletes from more than 70 countries, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World offers a great venue to catch [...]
A “mancation” with a group of your buds requires at least one round of golf, right? I decided to tackle 18 holes in the morning at one of the Walt Disney World Resort courses before I got on with the rest of the day. The course was beautiful, and though the August sun held nothing [...]
Though some women enjoy the smoking of a fine hand-rolled cigar, it remains mainly a manly pursuit. And when you are staying in Kissimmee, you need not stray far to find a place where the lover of a fine stogie can settle in a comfortable leather-clad chair and light up his favorite stick.
Every athlete knows that a team needs a game plan. More importantly, a successful athlete knows when to be flexible, ignore the game plan and change the play because of an unforeseen development. The same applies to a guy on vacation. I had planned to spend a few hours watching AAU basketball games at the [...]
One of my favorite things to do in Florida is hang out on the beach, especially after a hectic few days at Disney. The great thing about being in Kissimmee is that both the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Coast are just a little over an hour away.
First things first: what’s an airboat? You know those boats with giant fans on the back that you see featured in good guy/bad guy chases through the Everglades and swamps in crime shows based in Florida? You know that boat with a big fan on the back that Mama, Kathy Bates’ character in The Waterboy, [...]
When you close your eyes and picture Florida, you might envision white sandy beaches and palm trees. Or, quite possibly, you imagine all of Central Florida to be covered in mouse ears and rollercoasters. What you may not know is that much of Central Florida is covered in lush greenery, wetlands and wildlife habitat – [...]
