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Florida City Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Florida City, United States
Here we go Again
This is a top pick! ... more often, even if I had nothing to say... So here I am. We have had a great time with Andrew's parents here in Panama City and are a little sad to be leaving the spoiled life of rental car and Donna and Bill making all the meals (thanks again!). We ...
Cruising the freeway at 70mph
This is a top pick! Without this entry it looks like we flew from Destin to ...
Everglades and the Keys
This is a top pick! ... and eat one or better little pieces of one. Those baby's, much bigger and taller than me are scary!!! We spent the night in Florida City in a nice motel for a change and I go rollerblading on the parking. Well, I step of the pavement and do my first big ...
A woman with a mission: on our way to Destin
This is a top pick! ... very well until: from 70 miles/hour to 0 in 10 seconds and we hardly move for an hour. It is almost 6 when we arrive at Lake City, where we wanted to be and we check in. Again: swimming pool for me, laptop for my hubby. An hour later, what about dinner ...
Diving for Dummies
This is a top pick! As promised today I will bore you on the diving subject. It will be a big part of our tour and you might want to know what diving is all about. Well, in the countries we normally dive in, we wear a t-shirt (or not), a mask, fins and a BCD with ...
Tyndall Air Force Base visit
I got to travel to sunny Florida and visit with Mike's brother Ron. Ron had been in the United States Air Force since 1981 and is retiring tomorrow as a LT Colonel. I like all the fighter planes around here. This is a training base for the pilots learning ...
Alligators!
... opposite to the current. When I video taped it, the clouds looked like they were drawn." For lunch, we ate fried Florida alligator, which all of us liked. Afternoon was devoted to alligator watching. From Allen's journal: "The alligators looked ...
Through the American roads
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Sun, Sand, and Trouble
Trip to Panama City with my high school buddies. We got into a more mischief in one week than we will ever let our parents know ...
Paddling Through the Mangroves
... birds will go every night due to the slightly warmer temperatures in that particular area. We sat and chatted while a beautiful Florida sunset painted the sky over the grass and water, while a few dozen flocks of cormorants and herons flew over our ...
Preparing for the trip.
I am so excited about my trip to Peru. I hope to learn alot about the people and the wild animals that are in the Jungle. I am not doing the Machu Pichu thing on this trip. Maybe next time. Basically I'm going to be staying in ...
Highway 98
... all full and seem to be quite expensive. In the end we found a new home in a small park, three blocks from Panama City beach at about half the price. It is quiet, well maintained and has three 'alligator ponds'. We didn't take an ...
Deux nuits d’enfer pour le prix de… de
Tous nos souvenirs de Floride ne seront pas merveilleux. Mais on s'en souviendra longtemps. En effet, notre arrivée à Florida City, la ville la plus proche des Everglades nous a réservée quelques surprises. Pour la deuxième fois, nous avions prévu ...
Getting Ready for the Mouse.
We arrived at Fort Wilderness just around 1pm. We all moved in to the RV and got our beds made up. Grandma presented the kids with goodie bags with some Disney essentials (autograph papers, fat pens (so the characters can hold them), and pins ...
POSTCARDS FROM THE WHOLE VIRGIN ISLAND TOUR
During this wonderful trip we have been having, I have bought on the way many postcards because I love collecting them. I wish to have them saved and shared at the same time on this blog. Enjoy ...
No toes
... . it was a nice palce, sharpened up my beach volleyball and footie skills but I was just killing time because I had a flight to Florida. It was a bit of a novelty being let on a plane bound for the US! The Bruce clan were spending the October week in ...
The Everglades Experience
We drove from Wauchula down to Homestead/Florida City - just about the Southernmost mainland point before entering the Florida Keys. (and...because we questioned how/why they were called the "Keys" - here's the scoop: "keys, cays 1. A small low island or ...
The Car Wash/ Rumage Sale
In training for my journey along the east coast, I was struck by a drunk driver. I couldn't go back to work, and had only wks before I had originally planned on leaving. Dizzy spells, nausea, and confusion were debilitating, and a disc in my ...
Gators and airboats
we had a good trip across from Nokomis beach. The Ivey house is great really recommend this place. had an air boat ride and saw a couple of gators close up, even got to hold a small one, was surprised how soft they are. is't hot and steamy and ...
Home!!!!!!!!!!
Last entry-Ive just put some of my favourite photographs of the thousand that I have taken for you to enjoy Ill be winging my way way back when you open this-a thank you to the following who have made this journey memorable Bill & Co-Saudi Arabia ...
Florida City - The Everglades
DAY 1 - we arrived at our hostel at 5 pm and were greated by Sadie, a very friendly and helpful lady who suggested we drive down to the Everglades National Park that evening. Although we wouldn't have long in the park that evening, ...
Rain, Rain and More Rain
... Drive. It goes on forever! That is, the view of the back of hotels goes on forever!!!! Apparently Panama City Beach has undergone phenomenal development in the last five years - all of which seems to be 'uncontrolled'. We find it ...
A good night's rest...
We arrived at the hotel late last night and the only food options were Burger King, Denny's, and a Naked Fruit Juice at Walgreen's. Needless to say, we woke up starving. We went to Starbuck's and got some snacks and then headed down to the ...
Welcome to the Jungle...
... began to more fully prepare us for heading further into the jungle....it was on to the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States known as Everglades National Park. Our drive into the park was beautiful, through dense greenery to our first stop ...
An adventure close to home for a change!
... , we are going there". Wow! Almost there. The trolley is really a neat little ride. It is electric and travels through Ybor city's picturesque streets and heads to Channelside. We round a bend and there it is... NOT! It is an area along with water ...
Muschelstrand mit Muschelsand
... dann ein Ziel fürs Navi gehabt - der Name lautet Sanibel Beach.Also ab ins Auto und auf die Piste zum Kilometer schrubben. Denn Florida ist ja nicht gerade klein und man fährt schon eine Weile bis dorthin. Der besagte Strand liegt auf einer Art ...