Dirt bikes rip through the sands of Lake Brooklyn where water scooters once roared.
The water has receded so far that the swimming area at Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park is closed. There are few places where the drought that has plagued Florida and much of the South for three years is more evident than in the lakes around Keystone Heights in northeastern Florida. Some small lakes have dried up completely. Grass grows in the white sand where waves once lapped. There are lakefront homes with no lakes to front.