NATURE PARKS & PRESERVES EXPLORE NATURE PARKS & PRESERVES P ARADISECO AST.COM Soak up the sights and sounds of the region’s pristine landscapes at these wonderfully wild nature preserves. Everglades National Park Florida’s Paradise Coast is the gateway to the western Everglades. It doesn’t get more epic than this unspoiled, 1.5-million-acre subtropical wilderness. Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Stroll through pine fl atwoods and wet prairies into the largest old-growth Bald Cypress forest in North America. The sanctuary’s most famous “resident” is the elusive ghost orchid – the largest that’s ever been discovered. 28