Category: On the Water
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Get Up and Go Kayaking in Weeki Wachee
About a year ago, I went kayaking for the first time at Lido Key. I loved it and wanted to try it again but with a different viewing experience. I found Get Up and Go Kayaking that offered clear bottom kayaks, possible manatee sightings and crystal clear waters. And what a different experience it turned
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Caladesi Island
I’m not sure how many people choose to take a ferry to an island where the attraction is hunting seashells on the beach in the middle of a Florida summer, in a drought, with humidity raising the temperature by damn near 10 degrees. Oh yes, that would be me! And I have to tell you,
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Dolphin Tour
I returned to Tarpon Springs with my Las Vegas friend of over 30 years who was here visiting because (a) there are lots of things to do and see (it’s a unique Greek community) and (b) there are great restaurants. Our main goal was a dolphin tour. The trick was finding the right one. Stroll
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Tall Ships Festival
The Tall Ships Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida was a sight to behold but the logistics of the event fell short. It would be spectacular if things were organized a bit better. Well . . . that’s not entirely true. It was spectacular but the long lines, lack of seating and poorly thought-out trolley pick-ups
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Kayaking at Lido Key
I’d never been kayaking before. I had visions of those movies where someone tries to get into a rowboat or canoe, it starts rocking, they can’t keep their balance, and they end up in the water, drenched. But what the hell. If I fall in, so what? I can swim and I’ll dry off. Even
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Tarpon Springs
If you’re looking for a place with enough things to do to fill a day, Tarpon Springs is for you. Some of Florida’s earliest indigenous people settled near the mouth of the Anclote River at Tarpon Springs over 500 years ago. They left behind earthen burial mounds that yielded beautiful pottery and plentiful artifacts. These
Lisa Browder 