NINE WAYS TO TEACH YOUR KIDS ABOUT FLORIDA’S HISTORIC COAST WITHOUT LEAVING HOME
St. Augustine and Ponte Vedra Beach is a fun place to learn about history and nature. As the health and safety of our residents and the visitors to St. Augustine | Ponte Vedra Beach is paramount, Florida’s Historic Coast is committed to providing travelers with accurate and timely information about traveling to the area safely. […]
50 Great Walks in Florida
From the deepest swamps to the most civilized sidewalks, 50 Great Walks in Florida features the best short, but significant, outdoor jaunts in the Sunshine State. Experienced tour guide Lucy Tobias fills each page with fascinating local history and vivid descriptions of the sights and sites encountered along the way. The book is available in Paperback and eBook […]
Wild About Florida: South Florida
Geography has dealt Florida a lavish hand when it comes to natural gifts. The Sunshine State is filled with unusual flora and fauna. South Florida is home to the endangered Florida panthers and the only North America crocodiles. The Everglades swarm with wildlife from birds such as wood storks, ibises, flamingos, roseate spoonbills and dozens […]
Wild About Florida: North Florida
By: Kathleen Walls Come explore caves, hills, whitewater falls and lots of things you didn’t expect to find in Florida. North Florida still lets you enjoy the sun and sand of Gulf and ocean beaches you expect in the Sunshine State but there is so much more. The northern counties are different from their southern […]
Wild About Florida: Central Florida
By: Kathleen Walls Central Florida has the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf beaches much like other parts of Florida, but in other ways it is distinct and unique. The Florida scrub jay, a bird many Floridians believe should be our state bird, is found nowhere else in the world. Central Florida is bisected by one of […]
Finding Florida’s Phantoms
By: Kathleen Walls Florida! The land of sunshine and wide-open beaches. But even the Sunshine State has its dark secrets. Places where centuries old spirits remain tied to earth. Beneath the façade of fun and make believe lurks the real Florida..Settled by often cruel conquistadors, Florida was Europe’s first stronghold in the New World. The […]