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Confessions of a New York City Beer Bigot

by Brian on April 4, 2011 in Florida

The variety and quality of East Coast brews is one of the delicious surprises of our trip. I’ve come to realize that prior to setting out, I was a New York City beer bigot. It wasn’t that I thought New York City had a lock on great craft brewers, they don’t. It’s that they have great bars with beer lists a mile long. It comforted me knowing that I could walk into the Peculier Pub and indulge in any of their more than 300 beers. I assumed, wrongly, that once I left the great metropolis I’d have to settle for less. Read More…

The Best Beach Anywhere?

by Brian on March 30, 2011 in Florida

We turned the corner and saw the impossible; snow covered mountains in Florida. We knew our eyes were deceiving us because Florida doesn’t have mountains, or snow for that matter. Had we known about the brilliantly white sand that graces Florida’s ‘Emerald Coast’ we might have expected to see these dunes on our way to Grayton Beach, but instead, they took us by surprise. Read More…

Photo of the Day: Florida Caverns State Park

by Brian on March 29, 2011 in Florida, Photo of the Day

Florida Caverns State Park

Falling Waters State Park

by Brian on March 28, 2011 in Florida

We lucked into massive thunderstorms the day we pulled into Falling Waters State Park. Ordinarily, I don’t wish for storms, and certainly not the kinds that come with tornado warnings, like these had. But if we didn’t get some rain, there wouldn’t have been any ‘falling water’ at Florida’s largest waterfall. Even with the rain the falls couldn’t compare with the ones we visited up north, but the 73 foot drop into a sinkhole is still a sight worth seeing.

An Everglades Alternative

by Brian on March 24, 2011 in Florida

Nestled against the Apalachee Bay where the panhandle connects to the larger Florida peninsula, Wakulla County mixes the wetlands of Southern Florida with the Spanish moss draped grandeur of old Georgia. This isn’t a region that is on anyone’s “must-see” list, but it should be. In fact, had we stopped here on our way south, the Everglades would have been disappointing in comparison. Read More…