Snorkeling is very popular in Florida due to the state's warm waters and abundance of marine life. Florida has some of the best snorkeling spots in the United States, including coral reefs, shipwrecks, and crystal-clear springs. Snorkeling in Florida is a great way to explore the state's diverse marine ecosystem and see a variety of colorful fish, sea turtles, dolphins, and other sea creatures. Many of the popular snorkeling sites in Florida are easily accessible from the shore, making it a great activity for families and people of all ages. Here’s seventy great sites - in alphabetical order!
Welcome to another episode of the sunshine Republic. Today we will continue on with 1929’s the guide to the southernmost state, in particular the section about the Isle of flowers. Florida, regarded by Ponce de Leon as the Isle of flowers entirely within the temperate zone, but is influenced by sub-tropical waters. As a result, most of its tropical plants bloom in the summer and many of the temperate zone varieties bloom in the winter, a reversal of the usual order. This, together with the state's four distinct growing seasons, produces an unusual mingling of vegetation high and low hammocks, fresh and salt marshes, sand and clay hills. Rich muck beds are well suited to both native and imported plant...
Welcome again to another episode of the Sunshine Republic. Today we'll continue on our examination of the southernmost state, which is a guidebook written in the late 1920s. About the state of Florida. Let's continue with geology and paleontology. The far reaching Floridian plateau includes not only the state, but an even greater surrounding area that lies less than 50 fathoms beneath. The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. primarily an offspring of the sea and bearing the marks of its marine parentage. plateau was built up largely during the most recent of five geologic eras, and is the youngest part of the United States and land infant but 45 million years old. During the convulsive age of mountain...
Part 4 of The Guide to The Southernmost State Welcome again to another edition of the Sunshine Republic podcast. We'll continue today with our reading of the guide to the southernmost state, which was published in the late 1920s and versions in the early 1930s. That detailed tours around Florida. Today we'll begin with the second excursion. The second excursion to Florida is somewhat different on his first trip, unconsciously or deliberately. He had selected a spot where he thought later he might want to live replay and when He comes again, He usually returns to that chosen place for a season. Ultimately, in many cases, he buys or builds a home there and becomes by slow degrees a citizen...
In this episode of the Sunshine Republic podcast, let's take a look at some of Florida's most beloved authors. The first you may well know and his name is Jimmy Buffett. He has written a variety of Florida books. While he's best known as a singer, certainly, there are a number of books that are well worth taking a look at including Tales from Margaritaville, A Pirate looks at 50, Where is Joe Merchant ? He has written a number of children's books as well, that you really should take a look at but because of his fame, I really had to include them on this list and frankly, they're very entertaining books. My particular favorite as far as a...
