Real Florida

What are your favorite ';real florida'; places?

Florida is a big place...what cities, activities, must see stops do you recommend for a driving tour of Florida.

While tourest traps are nice, we like to see the local life.

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There are two books out ther called ';Fox 13 Tampa Bay One Tank Trips With Bill Murphy';. These are excellent ways to view the ';Real Florida';

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Here is a short-list of mine of Florida focused websites that can help point you in the right direction...

Florida Scenic Hiways [State of FL website]

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Florida Secrets [Unique destinations]

http://www.florida-secrets.com/titlepage.htm

Central Fl Visitors Bureau

http://www.sunsational.org/

Like Railroads[all kids like a train ride]

The Florida Railroad Museum

http://www.frrm.org/

St. Augustine is a sure bet IMHO.

Florida State Parks! Rated None Better in the US!

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/

How about a guided Kayak tour of some of the beautiful Florida Rivers, lakes %26amp; estuaries.

Google individual cities...tons of stuff.

Just some suggestions.

Welcome to the Real Florida

dooner, I was just thinking about you the other day and had wondered where you had gone missing to. :) S-M

Caught myself getting to where I wanted to answer a post whether I knew anything or not, just to put in my $0.02 ...had to step back a bit...

and then I Got addicted to Google Earth!!0^0 Trying to balance a little. ;)

dooner, Apparently Vegasdebut007 has bought in Lakeland and moved out of my area. Good luck with him. :) S-M