Always on the lookout for good hiking trails, I was eagerly anticipating some nice, flat, sunny, and warm trails on a visit to the Florida Keys last week. While the trip was a perfect remedy for the winter blahs, the hiking possibilities were a total bust.
State parks in Florida, at least that I saw, are nothing like state parks in Pennsylvania. In fact, very little that goes on in Florida bears any resemblance to our beloved Commonwealth. But there are 175 state parks in Florida, with over 100 miles of beach and nearly 2,000 miles of hiking trails. In the Keys, we visited three parks, and none of them had any hiking trails.
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