parks in palm beach county: The Barefoot Mailman in the Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area- You've Got to Read This Story! - 09/22/11 11:39 PM
The Barefoot Mailman in the Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area- You've got to read this story. 
With all of the talk about closing post offices and cutting back hours, we've all taken getting our mail delivery for granted.  However when my husband was doing some Geocaching several years ago he came across the story of the Barefoot Mailman in Florida.
If you go to the Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area just off US1 in Hypoluxo you can see a statue dedicated to the Barefoot Mailman.  But that's not all, there's a 97 acrea area where visitors can walk through one of Florida's last … (20 comments)

parks in palm beach county: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge- See a Part of the Everglades in Our Own Backyard! - 09/22/11 12:10 AM
Arthur R Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge- See a Part of the Everglades in Our Own Backyard

Located just a short car ride west of downtown Delray Beach and Boynton Beach, the Arthur R Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is a living outdoor classroom for any aged student wanting to learn about this interesting "river of grass.'     Loxahatchee (as this is called) is one of 553 wildlife refuges in the United States managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.  
 Inside the center is a short film about the Everglades that will give you a general idea of … (14 comments)

 


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