点评:Fort De Soto, Florida
Spent the day at Fort De Soto — a beautiful coastal park at the mouth of Tampa Bay, out where the bay meets the Gulf. The park covers close to a thousand acres spread across five little islands, and it's equal parts beach day and history lesson.
The history is the real thing. The fort was built to defend Tampa Bay back in the Spanish-American War era, and Battery Laidley still holds four huge 12-inch coastal-defense mortars — the last of their kind left in North America, and on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977. You can walk right through the battery, and the ruins of the second battery sit out in the surf.
The rest of the park earns its keep too. There are miles of beaches and trails to explore, a 6.8-mile paved trail running through it, two fishing piers, more than 300 species of birds on record, and plenty of quiet spots to just sit and enjoy the Gulf — no condo towers in sight.
Best part: only $6 to park, and that gets you access to the whole park and beaches for the entire day.
Definitely worth the stop if you're anywhere around Tampa Bay.
Kindest regards,
Kooliejoe
翻译:佛罗里达州,德索托堡
今天我在德索托堡度过了一整天——这是一座美丽的海滨公园,位于坦帕湾的入海口处,也就是海湾与墨西哥湾交汇的地方。公园占地面积近一千英亩,由五个小岛组成;在这里既可以尽情享受海滩时光,又能了解一段厚重的历史。
这里的历史确凿可信。该堡垒建于美西战争时期,初衷便是为了防御坦帕湾。如今,莱德利炮台上仍保留着四门巨大的12英寸海岸防御迫击炮——它们是北美地区仅存的同类型武器。该地自1977年起便被列入国家历史名胜名录。游客可以直接走进炮台区域,而第二座炮台的遗迹则矗立在海浪之中。
公园的其他部分也各具特色:这里有绵延数英里的海滩与步道可供探索,一条全长6.8英里的铺装步道横贯全园;还有两座垂钓码头。据统计,园区内共有300多种鸟类栖息,到处都是可以静坐、尽情欣赏墨西哥湾风光的静谧角落——根本看不到任何公寓大楼的踪影。
最棒的是:停车费仅需6美元而已。这样就能全天自由出入整个公园及各片海滩了。
如果你身处坦帕湾周边地区,绝对值得一去。
谨致问候,
Kooliejoe。