Bahia Honda State Park
Bahia Honda State Park is on one of the Keys along the Overseas Highway, south of Miami headed towards Key West Florida. A very popular kayaking and camping spot, the park also has a bit of history. Bahia Honda is Spanish for “Deep Bay.” The bay itself is on the North side of the Island, and was the deepest channel between the Keys before man started dredging.
By 1912 the Florida East Coast Railway built by Continue reading “Bahia Honda State Park”
Back in early January 2013 I took a little trip to Miami. On my previous visit I had not been able to visit the Zoo there like I wanted, so this time I was sure to make time to do so.
First, view outside of my hotel. It was in the town of Miami Beach, right on the beach. Unfortunately I didn’t get a beach front room, but the view from the west side was still quite interesting.
So the drive to the Zoo was actually a pretty long one, and involved a few toll roads – something in all my travels I still haven’t really gotten used too. Thankfully most toll companies allow you to pay the original toll online with minimal fuss these days.
It seems that a lot of Zoos like to have Continue reading “Miami Zoo Wallpapers”
St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church
St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church in North Miami.
St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church in Miami Florida is the oldest building in the United States, and one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. You’d be forgiven to believe that it was built here. It was actually constructed during the 12th century as a Cisterician monastery in the town of Sacramenia, Spain. William Randolph Hurst purchased the building in 1925, and planned to have it shipped to his “Castle” in San Simeon California. Financial difficulties made that impossible and it sat in a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York until 1952.
Raymond Moss and William Edgemon purchased the building and started reconstruction on a nursery in Miami in 1962. The building and property were purchased in 1964 Bishop Henry I. Louttit where it remains in use as a church building and part time tourist attraction.