Thursday, July 15, 2010

Free entry to Florida State Parks on 17 July 2010

July is national Park and Recreation Month!

July is also national Ice Cream Month and national Baked Beans Month, but never mind about those. The National Recreation and Park Association has decided that July is Park and Recreation Month, and is determined to bully us into observing it. They were so successful in Florida that on Saturday, 17 July 2010 you can get free admission into any Florida State Park in honor of Park and Recreation Month.

If you're already a fan of Florida's state park system then you probably have an annual pass anyway. But if not then this is an excellent time to see what you've been missing. Have you ever wanted to try out the Lake Overstreet Trails in Maclay Gardens State Park? Saturday is your chance to do it without paying two dollars a head. The same deal applies if you'd like to sample the hiking trails in Torreya State Park or Suwannee River State Park.

Of course, the whole idea of Park and Recreation Month is to take advantage of all our recreation opportunities and parks throughout the month of July. So you would be in the spirit of the month if you were to visit a city park like Lake Elberta on July 20, or a county facility like the Apalachee Regional Park Trail on July 25. But there's an economic incentive to visit one of the Florida state parks on July 17. So if you were thinking about visiting St. Andrew's State Park, St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, or St. George Island State Park before the oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon whoopsie washes up on shore, here is another reason to go this weekend.

Oh, and the following Sunday (July 18) is National Ice Cream Day. Act accordingly.

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Posted by Herb Wills at 12:05 AM
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