Features
The strength of the small
By DIANE STRAUSER ALVAREZ, Master Naturalist and Camp Bayou Supporter
“Take any Florida city, and certain neighborhoods will contain more Carolina Wrens or Red-tailed Hawks than
Lost in Florida: The First City
Miami is like a whole 'nother country. Photo gallery below article....
Lost in Florida: The Lost City
Of unparalleled beauty, it's a place like no other in America. Part three in a series. Photo gallery below article....
Lost in Florida: Doing the Duval Crawl
Key West is where the weird turn pro. Part two in a series. Photo gallery below....
Outdoor Learning: Name these Florida natives
By DIANE STRAUSER ALVAREZ, Master Naturalist and Camp Bayou Supporter Here are some common, native plants you can see at Camp Bayou and any natural yard ...
Lost in Florida: Part one in a series
Evidence of human presence in the Everglades stretches back 15 millennia, making the relatively recent discovery of Florida significant, but somewhat less impactful....
Outdoor Learning: Easter and epiphytes
By DIANE STRAUSER ALVAREZ,Master Naturalist and Camp Bayou Supporter It’s a marvel to see Resurrection Fern and the native Florida Butterfly Orchid (Encyclia tampensis) growing together ...
Outdoor Learning: Dancing with the daffodils
By DIANE STRAUSER ALVAREZ,Master Naturalist and Camp Bayou Supporter In Florida we do not get to walk through a meadow of glorious daffodils! Actually, there is ...
Outdoor Learning: Those charming snakes
By DIANE STRAUSER ALVAREZMaster Naturalist and Camp Bayou Supporter I see snakes several times a month in my natural yard of two acres. I grew up ...
A different kind of circus story
She's been a clown, a magician, a costume-maker and promoter ... all after her five kids were grown....- Looking for a unique Mother’s Day outing? Visit Bok Tower Gardens
- Trips Worth Taking: Asheville, NC
- A visit to Central Florida should be on your calendar this year
- An oasis is found in Waverly, Georgia
- A stay at Denver’s historic Brown Palace Hotel
- Trips Worth Taking: Cody, Wyoming, Cowboy Town U.S.A.
- Georgia’s ‘Little Grand Canyon’
- St. Augustine, Florida: America’s oldest city where everything old is new again, well...almost
- St. Augustine gearing up for 500th Anniversary
- An out-of-this-world restaurant: Dixie Crossroads
