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North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer’s Guide
North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer’s Guide provides in-depth coverage of an often-overlooked part of Florida … and my favorite place. I’ve always felt that North Florida and [...]
50 Hikes in Central Florida
Diversity is the name of the game in Central Florida, a transition zone with some of the state’s longest stretches of trail and awesome rugged hikes in the Central Highlands. [...]
50 Hikes in North Florida
In my explorations, I’ve found North Florida’s hikes to be the ones with the biggest “wow” factors. More often than not, they either follow a river or end at a [...]
50 Hikes in South Florida
Walk a beach where fossil shark’s teeth wash ashore, climb snow-colored hills of sand in the coastal scrub, or brave your way through the sawgrass prairies of the Everglades…that’s the [...]
Earth’s Fiery Fury
No, the earth doesn’t spew fire. It doesn’t burn. But magma seethes and bubbles deep within our planet, generating some pretty HOT STUFF! Volcanic activity creates new land. And volcanic [...]
Exploring Florida’s Botanical Wonders
Exploring Florida’s Botanical Wonders is a travel guide to the floral beauty of the one state best known for its flowers, Florida. From Appalachian-style ravines filled with columbine and trillium [...]
Florida
Learn where monarch butterflies migrate through the state en route to Mexico; follow divers beneath the Atlantic Ocean to Florida’s coral reefs. For ages 5-10, Florida makes a fine introduction [...]
Florida in the Civil War
Colorful characters, desperate times—the Civil War unfolded in Florida much differently than in the sister states of the Confederacy, with skirmishes fought in salt marshes, the cavalry saddled up to [...]
Florida State Parks: Let your iPhone be your guide
Great places to snorkel. Quiet spots for a picnic. Snippets of Florida history. And some of the best campgrounds for waterfront fun. They’re all around us, us lucky Floridians, as [...]
Florida’s Gardens app launch a hit!
This weekend, Sutro Media released my new “Florida’s Gardens” iPhone app, which leads you to places mild and wild throughout the Sunshine State where you can immerse yourself in botanical [...]
Hiker’s Guide to the Sunshine State
There has never been a resource as comprehensive as this for Florida hikers…until now. Featuring nearly 500 hiking trails throughout Florida, this concise guidebook gives you the skinny on where [...]
Now on Kindle
I’m delighted to announce that 50 Hikes in Central Florida is available for download from Kindle. It’s the first of my books to be distributed electronically, and as many of [...]
Orlando & Central Florida: An Explorer’s Guide
Orlando & Central Florida: An Explorer’s Guide, brings you more details on Central Florida’s best genuine experiences, with greatly expanded information on Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Cocoa Beach, and [...]
Sinkholes
A sinkhole is a hole in the ground, but a very special one, appearing anywhere where rock dissolves, allowing the ground above it to sink. Some sinkholes happen gradually, but [...]
South Florida: An Explorer’s Guide
Newly launched in its second edition with my new co-author Trish Riley taking over coverage of Florida’s southeast coast, where she lived for many years, this guidebook covers the southern [...]
The Hiking Trails of Florida’s National Forests, Parks, and Preserves
When Johnny Molloy called and said, “hey Sandra, would you like to work on a book with me,” I said “heck yeah!” I’ve admired Johnny’s work ever since I returned [...]