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Marjorie Kinnan-Rawlings State Park
How much did I love this tour? Marjorie Kinnan-Rawlings, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Author (The Yearling), first saw the area when she accompanied her husband from Rochester, New York in 1928 to visit his two brothers in Cross Creek, Florida. She’d had a lifelong fascination with wilderness areas and loved this part of the country. She
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Fort DeSoto
In 1849, a contingent of U.S. Army engineers (including Brevet Colonel Robert E. Lee), surveyed Florida’s coastline for possible defense areas. Subsequently, Mullet Key was recommended as a good location for a military installation, but at the start of the Civil War in 1861, nothing had been built. Construction finally began in 1898 with America’s
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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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Parkesdale Strawberries
I almost missed the annual strawberry mania because I tend to think fruits and vegetables are harvested in the spring. But no. Strawberry season in Florida is around the middle of February to the middle of March. It can easily sneak by you, but you don’t want to miss some (or all) of the festivities
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The Library
The Library is located within Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. I decided to check out this restaurant because it was a collaboration between the children’s hospital and the teams that created the Oxford Exchange restaurant I love in Tampa. I had high hopes that it would live up to the standards and possess the same
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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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Plum Tomato Restaurant & Pizzeria
The Plum Tomato, about a one-minute drive down the street from the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary (if you’re sightseeing in the area), has a very attractive, colorful outside sign. For me, that was the best thing it had going for it. I’d have been better off making the 10-minute drive to Tarpon Springs for some authentic
Lisa Browder 