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Myakka River State Park has a Airboat Tour – all aboard!
Myakka River State Park has a Airboat Tour – all aboard!

Myakka River State Park has a Airboat Tour – all aboard!

Don’t let a little mystery keep you from going to Myakka River State Park and  taking a Myakka Wildlife Airboat Tour aboard one of the world’s largest covered airboats. The mystery? Prior to the 1850’s English maps called the river…

Florida’s Outdoor Coolest Spots for Summer
Florida’s Outdoor Coolest Spots for Summer

Florida’s Outdoor Coolest Spots for Summer

What would outdoor Florida be without wading along the shoreline, swimming, tubing, snorkeling, diving, kayaking, boating and fishing? Definitely a sorry place indeed – I honestly wonder how many of us would stick around without all these wonderful wet places we take…

Flower Power Blooms in Florida
Flower Power Blooms in Florida

Flower Power Blooms in Florida

Wait for it. Coming. Coming. Zing! The calendar page turns and voila, March arrives today – yeah! Flower power in Florida starts in January and goes through April, This is much different than “up North” but then Florida is tropical.…

Tarpon Springs Gives a Taste of Greek Life
Tarpon Springs Gives a Taste of Greek Life

Tarpon Springs Gives a Taste of Greek Life

I’m smiling and it is not even time for lunch. But I know lunch will be at Mama Maria’s, a family run Greek restaurant with marvelous food. Oh yes. First I find my way to Dodecanese Boulevard, home of the…