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Chokoloskee Here We Come!





The Tamiami Trail(Rt. 41 between Miami and Naples, FL) is sometimes called slow, flat and boring. It is definitely slower then I-75 (Alligator Alley, also ...
Welaka, Florida





Welaka is on the east bank of the St. Johns River about halfway between Palatka and Deland. It is not on the main highway, so you have to work a bit to ...
Fernandina's Many Flags





Way up in the far northeastern corner of Florida is one of its most interesting and historic towns, Fernandina Beach. It is one of the oldest little cities ...
Yeehaw Junction





Follow SR-60 west out of Vero Beach and you will come to a genuine slice of Old Florida.
Yeehaw Junction is at the intersection of US-441 and State ...
Boca Grande Was Not All That Fancy
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I first visited Boca Grande in 1968 on a construction project I was working on. It involved putting in some new boat slips at a local marina.
The ...
St Augustine Florida: New Switzerland A Florida Ghost Townn
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Here is a link to a very interesting article by Geoff Dobson about New Switzerland, one of the many lost towns in Florida.
http://www.historiccity.com/...
Looking forward to your St. Pete page
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I notice that your St. Petersburg page is a work in progress. I look forward to your completing it and to see what you have to say.
It's come a long ...
Lawtey, Florida: Slow Down When You Blow Through This Burg
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Lawtey is a little town of about 600 people in Bradford County near Starke. It is on US-301, and for many years was famous as a speed trap. I got nailed ...
Haines City
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You don't have a Haines City page yet, so I'll write something maybe you can include later.
There used to be a man named Emery Cocke who lived in Haines ...
Avon Park
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Back in the 1960's I was working on a construction project in Avon Park. I stayed in Reed's Motel on the main highway, and I frequented the bar at the ...
Melbourne, A Neat Little Town
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We visited this little town on Florida's central east coast last summer. It has some great beaches across the Indian River causeway in Indialantic, Melbourne ...
Quincy and Allison House
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Visited Quincy last summer and stayed at Allison House. The town is small and quaint and a nice place to hang out for a few days.
Allison House fits ...
Giorgio's in Fort Lauderdale
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I visit Fort Lauderdale frequently, and love the wide selection of restaurants available in the town. When I crave a pizza during one of my visits, I ...
Bolougne, Florida
The Town That Lived On Speeders
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Somewhere just south of the St. Marys River and the Florida Georgia border there was a sleepy little wide spot in the road called Bolougne.
Rhymes with ...
Deleon Springs Horse Training
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Spring Garden Ranch is west of US-17 in Deleon Springs just north of Deland. It is billed as the largest standardbred horse training facility in the country....
Deleon Springs, Florida
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Deleon Springs is a small town north of Deland on U.S.-17. It is the home of an old spa that was famous many years ago, and is now the site of Deleon ...
Hastings, Florida. A Long Way From Iwo Jima.
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My friend Howard was born and raised near Bunnell in Flagler County.
His father was a pioneer Florida Cracker county commissioner who sold much of the ...
Edgewater, Florida
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Not too far south of Daytona Beach, on the west side of the Halifax River, you will come to Edgewater.
Edgewater is a little town south of New Smyrna ...
Crescent City and 3 Bananas
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Crescent City is a neat little town about halfway between St. Augustine and Deland. One way to get there is on US-17 north out of Deland. It's a nice ...
Alva, Florida Is Lost In Time
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I was cruising slowly on this stretch of the Caloosahatchee River on my houseboat, The Busted Flush. I had come over from Fort Lauderdale on the Okeechobee ...