Anclote Key Christmas Cruise Sat & Sun, Dec 3 & 4

November 20, 2011

What: Third Annual Anclote Key Christmas Cruise. The lighthouse will be open for climbing. When: Saturday, December 3rd and Sunday, December 4th Hosted by the Florida Park Service and The Friends of Anclote Key Where: Transportation to the Island will be provided by Sunline Cruises located at 776 Dodecanese Blvd. on the Sponge Docks in [...]

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Holiday Inn & Suites New Smyrna Beach Delivers

November 8, 2011

I spent two days last week exploring New Smyrna Beach and Daytona Beach to finish up a new book I’ll be announcing shortly. So stay tuned. I had planned to grab a hotel room off International Speedway Blvd and I-95, but it was getting late and I remembered that I’d once stayed at this Holiday [...]

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15th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival is Coming Up January 2012

October 31, 2011

Registration is Open! What: 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival When: January 25 – 30, 2012 Where: Brevard Community College, North Campus, Titusville, Florida, with field trips and activities all around Brevard County. Visit the Festival web site to download the full-color program catalog by clicking on the cover image below. You can [...]

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7 Great Places to Stay on the Florida Coast

October 29, 2011

Most of the traveling I do involves Florida beaches and islands. In addition to suffering at some lousy accommodations, I’ve also had some outstanding experiences, so I thought I’d share a few of them here. This isn’t a complete list, and there are other places I’ve stayed that were quite good, but perhaps not good [...]

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Beach Hotels From Hell, or You Can’t Always Get What You Want

October 23, 2011

We’ve been traveling quite a bit recently, mostly weekend getaway trips to various Florida beaches, and we’re beginning to wonder whether hotels are the best option for us. This past weekend we booked two nights on Cocoa Beach in a small “mom and pop”style motel. It had mostly great reviews on TripAdvisor. For $85 per [...]

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Seabean Symposium and Beachcomber’s Festival This Weekend

October 19, 2011

What: 16th Annual International Seabean Symposium and Beachcombers Festival When: Friday October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2011. See schedule (link opens pdf file). Where: Cocoa Beach Public Library 550 North Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 Cost: Free! Visit the Seabean Symposium web site for more info. This weekend I will be giving my [...]

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Everyday Adventures: A Florida Outdoors Guide. New Book by Terry Tomalin.

October 18, 2011

If you’re a fan of Terry Tomalin, outdoors writer for the St. Petersburg Times, you don’t need me to tell you that this book belongs in your hands. If you like the Florida outdoors and lean toward adventure activities, this book is likely to be a must for your library. Since I don’t have a [...]

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Meet the Inkberry

October 15, 2011

To most people, beach plants are just an obstacle to walk around on the way to the water. But they do serve a purpose. Many purposes, in fact. Beach plants are specially adapted to live in the hot, dry, salty environment of the upper beach and dune. But development of Florida’s has decimated beach plant [...]

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Sand-Off Product Review: Does It Really Get the Sand Off Your Skin?

September 15, 2011

A couple of weeks ago a representative for a product called “Sand-Off” sent me a couple of product samples to try. The idea is to use powder instead of water to get beach sand off your skin. This is a technique I’ve heard of quite a few times but never tried it. Sand-Off is a [...]

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Pinellas County Beaches Offer Recycling Opportunities to Beachgoers

September 8, 2011

Next time you visit the beach in Pinellas County, Florida, you might notice the trash cans out on the beach now have a recycling option for plastic and aluminum. (Glass containers are not allowed on the beach). This recycling effort started in July 2011. According to the St. Pete Times: Pinellas County announced…that beachgoers should [...]

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