Tag: Florida
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Navarre
Florida, my second home. A six hour drive to the beach was much better than Memorial Day weekend, alone, in Mississippi. The sand was like snow. The sky, a watercolor.
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Destin
Hello again, Florida. Quick excursion to Destin for Taco and Tequila Fest. And to visit friends, of course :).
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The Gulf
For Labor Day weekend, we drove down to the Gulf Coast – specifically, the Florida / Alabama line, which is about four and a half hours from where we are in Columbus, Mississippi. I had never been to the Gulf Coast before, and I had been deeply missing the ocean, so it was a…
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A Day at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens
It’s been a really crazy past few weeks for me with school and work and trying to make last minute preparations for my trip to Paris in a few days, so I really haven’t been doing anything exciting that seemed worth talking about. Mostly because I wasn’t making time for myself, which proved to be a…
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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
Sandy beaches, dunes, trails, wildlife, seawalls, even a lighthouse- Bill Baggs State Park at the tip of Key Biscayne is an absolute must-visit if you’re in South Florida and you like the outdoors. I can’t believe it took me over two years to find it! I was feeling a bit restless on Tuesday after class; seeing…
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Depressed about the Tropical Depression
Today I lived through my first tropical depression; today I also learned that tropical depressions are a huge disappointment. Hey Florida! We have “tropical depressions” three times a week in Massachusetts- we just call them “rainy days!!!” Apparently in Florida, any rain storm that lasts longer than twenty minutes needs to be classified. There are hurricanes, tropical storms, or…
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