Andrea

Rob Williams posted about his local dreams and encouraged contributions to the blogosphere. Here’s a list in no particular order:
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Are there more? I am sure. Thanks Rob for making me think about it, and if you are near Tallahassee, there’s alway…

26 years in Florida and I never heard that before.

Key West is a great visit, but it’s a day down and a day back. If you go, take the trip out to Ft. Jefferson National Monument at the Dry Tortugas. An interesting pre-Civil-War site (a lot like Ft. McHenry in structure), interesting history (Dr. Mudd, who treated John Wilkes Booth after Booth shot Lincoln, was in prison there), and good snorkeling. It’s from our pre-Flickr days: Don’t know if the photos are electronic or print. I’ll see if I can find ‘em.

The NASA tourism stuff at the Cape is kind of disappointing. Neat stuff to see, but overall frustrating. Go early, ’cause the bus tickets for the launch site tours sell out early (or maybe they just put everyone on late tours to keep them at the site buying souveniers).

Too bad no night shuttle launches, probably not ever again: Those were incredible from Daytona Beach, and would’ve had to have been even more so from Cocoa.

Our to-do list (not all of the day-trip variety):
* Airboat tour of a swamp. Doesn’t have to be the Everglades, but…
* Everglades National Park
* South Beach (just to have done it)
* West Coast cities and beaches south of Tampa (like Sanabel)
* Overnight or weekend in St. Augustine. Day trip is fun, but co-workers say one can really relax there. (Recommended: Alligator Farm!)
* St. George’s Island
* Canoe Wekiva (I thought we were doing that last month, and I don’t know what happened)

There’s good stuff on the West Florida (i.e. panhandle) beaches, too. We spent a few nights at Seagrave Beach west of Panama City Beach in the early winter a couple of times a few years ago. Dogs are allowed on the beach there. It’s a more traditional beach development along New England or Cape Hattaras lines: no beach motels, few condos, mainly homes.

Also, if you want some place quiet and contemplative: Bok Tower at Lake Wales is a great place.

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And so far we have done none of them!