“What would life be like if you could step away from shore and live your life on the sea? To find out, we jump aboard WOLF, a 74 foot topsail schooner commanded by Admiral Finbar Gittelman, a 75 year old master sailor from Key West Florida. Finbar weaves tales of his adventures at sea as we witness the open water like never before. Finbar’s family fled Cuba during the height of Castro’s revolution, now he returns for the first time in 50 years to walk the streets and see what remains of his former home.” Visit The Old Man and the Sea: Return to Cuba official website.
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Walking the Edge (1983)
“This Cabby Ain’t Askin’ For No Tips.”
The Shining
Enjoyed watching the 4K remastered version of Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece The Shining at West Oaks AMC in Ocoee last night followed by a preview of Doctor Sleep, which will arrive in theaters on November 8!
Hebron Rock Colony Falls
The incredibly scenic Hebron Rock Colony Falls can be accessed via the Boone Fork Trail at Julian Price Memorial Park (MP 297) on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
Round the Corner
“Still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
Make Voyages
“Make voyages!—Attempt them!—there’s nothing else!” – Tennessee Williams
Lake Runnymede Conservation Area
I decided to check out Lake Runnymede Conservation Area because the Florida Hikes! website claimed it was home to “one of the most spectacular stands of ancient live oaks in Central Florida.” As you can see from the above images, they were right on target! I enjoyed a truly fascinating stroll through this tiny, 43-acre preserve, which lies near Lake Tohopekaliga in St. Cloud. The trails are very short – Lake Trail (0.6 mile) and Lake Oak Trail (0.21 mile), so you can knock the place out in about 30 minutes. Don’t miss it!
Reptile World Serpentarium
Located in a nondescript cinder-block building off a lonely stretch of U.S. 192 in St. Cloud near Lake Lizzie Conservation Area, the Reptile World Serpentarium boasts more than 75 species of snakes (including mambas, cobras and rattlesnakes such as the legendary Eastern Diamondback), as well as alligators, crocodiles, iguanas and turtles. Opened by noted herpetologist George Van Horn in 1976, Reptile World is the real deal. There’s even a venom milking show! It’s a welcome relief to anyone who is tired of waiting in line for over an hour to watch an audio-animatronic dinosaur attempt to eat a jeep at some overpriced Orlando-area theme park.
Did You Know …
Harry Crews wrote the uncredited screenplay for The New Kids (1985), a little-known “horror-thriller film” that was directed by Sean Cunningham (Friday the 13th) and filmed in Homestead, Florida; starred Lori Loughlin, Shannon Presby and James Spader; and was billed as “A New Ticket to Terror from the Director of Friday the 13th!”
Florida Softshell Turtle
I saw this Florida Softshell Turtle waiting patiently for me to walk by on the West Orange Trail (near the northern end of the Forest Lake Golf Club) so she could make her way across to the other side.
Wandering Florida 