When visiting our office plan a day of fun, recreation, education or sightseeing. Some of the highlights include:

• Hawthorne Library. Across from our office this Regional Library in the Alachua County System was the second Library in the library system.
   
• Hawthorne Historical Museum.  See www.hawthorneflorida.org for more information.
   
• Cross Creek and the Marjorie Rawling’s home. The author of "The Yearling" lived in our area. Some of our patients had parts in the movie.

• Bicycle, bicycle and bicycle. Take a tour of Historic Johnson St., starting with the old Moore Motel next door. Turn right onto SW 2nd Ave and in a few blocks behind the Hawthorne Medical Center building you will find the start of the Hawthorne-Gainesville bicycle Trail. This 17 mile trail runs along the Rim of the Payne's Prairie Preserve.

• Fish and boat. Fish camps in the Cross Creek and Lochloosa areas provide rentals. Finway-Yankee Landing Fish camp is located 6 miles south on US301.