I review beaches. Dr. Beach rates beaches. How is my work different from his? Recently I spent some time with Dr. Stephen Leatherman, aka “Dr. Beach,” and was able to watch him go about his work rating beaches as well as chat with him a bit about his work. He’s a very interesting guy, and […]
In 1996 I started writing about beaches. In summer 2005 I started developing my main website about Florida Beaches, BeachHunter.net. Over the last 4 years BeachHunter has grown by leaps and bounds in the number of visitors that surf its pages each month, often exceeding 70,000 visitors in a single month. I thought I’d take […]
I’ve always loved the beach. My mom and dad took me regularly as a child. Here I am at Manatee Public Beach in September 1961. If you look closely you’ll see that the surf is rather large. That would be from Hurricane Carla, a category 5 hurricane with 175 mile per hour winds way out […]
What are you going to do with the New Year? Are you going to start something new? Or just muck along the same well-trodden path? Few of us, I think, can say we are satisfied with where we are. Why should we be? If we were, where could we possibly go from here? The two […]
I don’t often get to areas where Sandhill cranes can be seen, but whenever I’m driving on I-4 from Tampa to Orlando, I stop at this large rest area. Almost every time I’m here I see this pair of Sandhill cranes foraging on the lawn. They are quite tame. I had some difficulty getting this photo because […]
get your vodpod Here are some of the videos I’ve created. Some are purely my own doing, and others were created with the help of the fine video crew at Miles Media, with whom I jointly produce multimedia content for the VisitFlorida.com website. One of the most popular on YouTube is the one with the […]
People get really creative when they are on vacation. I come upon all kinds of sand sculptures while walking along the beach. Here is a nice one I found while taking an evening walk on Sunset Beach, which is at the south end of Treasure Island, in Pinellas County, FL. The words, FLORIDA ’08 are […]
I wasn’t expecting much of a sunset because of the hazy, overcast conditions over the Gulf, but I got a pleasant surprise. Upon nearing the horizon, the sun broke through the clouds and went down in style. I love it when that happens!
[Lettered olive (Oliva sayana)] One evening during March as I was walking along St. Pete Beach I discovered hundreds of these live lettered olive shells by the water’s edge. They are one of the most beautiful shells to be found on Florida beaches because of their intricate patterns and because they have the most brilliant […]
[Photo taken on North Beach at Fort Desoto Park, right on Bunces Pass] I love this photo because of the way the Skyway bridge asserts itself so significantly. This beautiful bridge is a link between Pinellas County and Manatee County. It is the only practical route for me to take when driving back to my […]
