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Category Archives: environment
The Forgotten Coast Is A Unique Florida Vacation Spot
When visitors, snowbirds, and residents travel around Florida, they are confronted with Chamber of Commerce produced symbols: Miami is in the Gold Coast; Clearwater is on the Sun Coast; St Augustine is the First Coast; Fort Pierce is the Treasure … Continue reading
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Back In Florida After I-10 Continental Journey
I have returned on a long business trip to the Pacific Coast with most of my driving on the new Southern version of Route 66 – arduous 2,460 miles from Jacksonville I-95 to Santa Monica Pier. It is too bad … Continue reading
My Favorite Seafood Spots In Southeast Florida
My New England heritage might be why I enjoy visiting seafood restaurants across Florida and with the longest coastline of any state other than Alaska there’s a lot of waterfront for restaurants to locate. Here are some great places for … Continue reading
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West Volusia: The Other Side of Daytona Beach
When you mention Volusia County to tourists and even most Florida residents, their first images are of the hard packed sands of Daytona Beach and the Daytona 500 Speedway. If you ask “What else is in Volusia?” – some will … Continue reading
US 19: On The Nature Coast Trail
When you hug the Gulf Coast going north from Saint Petersburg toward Tallahassee, you take US19 into the Nature Coast. I used to go that route when I drove to Florida State University as a graduate student and back then … Continue reading
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LOW KEY FLORIDA SUMMER BEACH VACATIONS
There are no longer slow and busy tourist seasons for the entire State of Florida. Each of the four quarters gets about one-quarter of the tourist trade. But the visitors destinations and mode of transportation vary. Right now Southeast Florida … Continue reading
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Gone Florida Attractions: Miss Them or Did They Suck?
As a historian I have a great appreciation of the story and evolution of Florida tourist attractions. Since I was a small child, my family’s annual visits to the Sunshine State brought memories of experiences at Florida attractions – some … Continue reading
Off The Interstate: US 17 Along the St. Johns River
Florida is the cruise capital of the world today and the three largest cruise companies are headquartered in Southeast Florida. Even one hundred seventy years ago, taking a Florida cruise was a major part of Florida’s first tourist industry. Only … Continue reading
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Spring Has Sprung in Flowery Florida
While my native New England is getting blasted by another terrible nor’easter and my old summer spot in Brant Rock (Massachusetts) has been flooded so many times this winter the Esplanade is starting to look like Venice (Italy), Florida is … Continue reading
Florida Is Ousting Changing Clocks To Get More Sunshine
Florida lawmakers in the Sunshine State want snowbirds, tourists, and residents to get more “sunshine” on their vacations. The bill called the “Sunshine Protection Act,” would ask the United States Congress to give the state permission to make Daylight Saving … Continue reading