Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve

This is a short compendium of some photos taken in February and March at several Florida sites. Looking forward to more adventures in April and May including a trip to Callaway Gardens and a cruise through the Panama Canal to SFO. Please follow the links to better enjoy what is available at each location.

Bulow Creek State Park: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/bulow-creek-state-park

Ponce Lighthouse: https://www.ponceinlet.org/

St. Augustine Lighthouse: https://www.staugustinelighthouse.org/

Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve: https://floridahikes.com/betty-steflik-preserve

Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive: https://www.sjrwmd.com/lands/recreation/lake-apopka/

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art: https://www.morsemuseum.org/

We arrived in Plantation Bay on the 6th of August after a whirlwind drive across country to avoid the Corona virus (the trip was our first on Interstates all the way and in 5 days). We have spent the month unpacking 80 boxes that we shipped from Pasadena, in self quarantine for two weeks and then slowly getting back into the neighborhoods activity. My goal is to start exploring Central Florida one day a week then begin taking multi-day trips moving around the state in the months to come.

Monday I visited an old favorite spot the Betty Steflik Memorial Preserve and its boardwalk thru salt marsh and coastal scrub communities. (https://www.visitflagler.com/listing/betty-steflik-memorial-preserve/270242/)

Then on to a new hike – the Mala Compra Trail. Mala Compra has a hiking trail and mountain bike trail system which I avoided. The trail is a walk thru scrub brush and boardwalks across salt marshes to dunes overlooking the Atlantic. (http://www.flaglercounty.org/document_center/Parks/MALA%20COMPRA%20trail%20brochure%20for%20website.pdf)