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Lake Rogers Park, Odessa, FL

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During today's walk in Lake Rogers Park, I thought I might see the White Rabbit jump out at any time, running late to the Red Queen for a game of croquet. Although the surroundings were natural and lush, Florida-style, the path itself was a wide swath of grass. Oh, sure there were roots and sand and even the ubiquitous crushed shell, but the path around the lake was clear in the wilderness and easily maneuvered. It really was just a walk in the park. Since it was a weekday, I didn't expect to see many other people and I wasn't wrong. One guy went around twice on a mountain bike, which is the only bike I would try to take on this path. Another man was there with his dog and they made the entire 2.5 mile lap. The man said his dog loved it and after the walk would go home and drop right off to sleep. I saw one other twenty-something guy walking around looking down at his cell phone. I thought he might have been hunting Pokemon, but when I asked him about it, h
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Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve, Odessa, FL

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Two roads diverged in a not-so-yellow wood... With apologies to Robert Frost, here in Florida our woods are green pretty much year-round, even if the leaves are a bit sparse. Today I took a little walk in Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve in Odessa and enjoyed the cooler weather and the warmer sunshine. I parked in the little lot on Ramblewood Rd, just north of Van Dyke Rd. There are no bathrooms or other amenities, but it's free parking so it's easy access to a nice little nature walk in the middle of civilization. The first few hundred yards were a bit mucky down the center due to the recent rains we've had, but it was easy to maneuver around the puddles on the drier edge of the path. There were actual ponds on either side of the path further along, but soon I got into full dry areas.  Eventually I reached that fork in the road we all know is there and that's when Google Maps came in handy. I took the left fork and then left again because I di
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