On our way home from Orlando, a little more than an hour into our 20+ hour road trip back to Toronto, we stopped in St. Augustine, “the nation’s oldest city”, just north of Jacksonville – indeed the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States, having been founded by the Spanish in 1565. St. Augustin’s founder, Don Pedro Menendez,…
Tag: Florida
History Of The Guava
The early Spanish explorers of the 1500’s found Strawberry Guava, ‘Acca sellowiana O.,’ growing as a native tree in America, where they were firmly established from Mexico southward to Peru. History records that Seminole Indians were growing guava trees in Northern Florida in 1816. Strawberry Guava, ‘Acca sellowiana O.,’ can grow into trees 25 feet tall and frequently they are…
Tampa Schools Require Change Of Focus
Schools around the nation are looking for ways to improve student performance in light of stricter state and national standards. The Tampa Schools in Florida have been forced to make changes. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing. One of the changes that Tampa Schools will see in fall of 2007 is a change in the start of the…
Injuries That Trigger Mental Anguish
When to sum the facts of life, the bad and the good things will bubble up along with the joy and the grief ness affiliated to it. In any manner a number of us have been engaged in accidents that cause us to suffer slight and serious personal injuries. Practically the personal injury claims are bound to be made when…
Golf Courses In Southwest Florida
Golf courses each have a character of there own. Here in Southwest Florida I have 8 different courses within 5 miles of my residence. I have played all of them at one time or another. During what we locals call season (winter months) many are members only but come the first of June you can play on all of them…
Internet Marketing From Florida
Internet Marketing from Florida wouldn’t be strange if you live in Florida. I however live in Colorado. I am sitting in Celebration Florida while I’m writing this post. I have been here since Tuesday and today is Sunday. I have been attending an Internet Marketing – Blogging Boot Camp. This has been a fun week. I flew out here with…
Florida State Football Tickets See The Seminoles Now Before The Program Declines
If you’ve had a chance to use Florida State football tickets in the past 20 years or so, you’ve been privileged to watch one of the most dominant programs in the history of college football. The Seminoles have dominated the ACC as well, and they have produced countless NFL stars over the years. However, the Seminoles are showing some early…
Exploring The Gulf Coast
Clearwater Beach Clearwater is located in Pinellas County on the west coast of Florida in the US. We are on the Pinellas Peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico on the west and Tampa Bay on the east. This beach is popular with younger people and is the perfect base for day trips to Tampa, St Petersburg and Orlando. Clearwater boasts…
Florida Schools Mckay Scholarship Program Offers Alternative School Choices To Students With Disabilities
The McKay Scholarship Program of the Florida schools offers parents and their children with disabilities the option to attend the public or private school of their choice. Florida schools students in grades kindergarten through high school, who are mentally handicapped, speech and language impaired, deaf or hard of hearing, visually impaired, dual sensory impaired, physically impaired, emotionally handicapped, specific learning…
Great Golf In Florida 365 Days A Year
Golf is truly the sport of a lifetime and very gentle on your body. It gives you a visit in often beautiful nature, contacts with other persons and also a great game. Florida, well known as vacation Mecca, is blessed by mother nature with a large coastal line, luxurious interior lands, year-round subtropical temperatures and annual sunshine. Golfers visiting St.…