  Gulfport’s waterfront plays host to the 17th annual Geckofest presented by Eyeglass World on Saturday Sept. 2. Running from 10am until 10pm, it is the largest festival of the year for this waterfront village and is a true Florida Fun Zone.
  Why a gecko? It’s their unofficial mascot and favorite reptile.
  The music portion of this...
It looks like this whole coronavirus situation has travelers keeping their distance. Our friends at the American Hotel & Lodging Association sent us a copy of a travel survey. It shows something we have said for years. Improvements to health and sanitation protocols would have considerable impact on guests' comfort levels staying at various lodgings.
The...
We agree, this has been a year to remember. That is why we decided to do a review of our travels in 2020. In looking back over the past 12 months it's hard to believe how many places we managed to visit in Florida.
January
Our travels in 2020 began with a revisit to the Sarasota Farmer's Market. One of the...
January is Be Kind to Food Servers Month. So we thought we might take this opportunity to echo that thought. Those who follow us here at Florida Fun Travel, know we do a lot of eating on the road. We have dined when the place was crammed with snowbirds. We also have eaten at restaurants that...
Today is Summer Solstice 2020. We did not realize it until we arose this morning and started seeing the greetings. I had told my wife that one of my goals was to do what I'd talked about earlier in the sunrise and sunset blog.
That is, we would spend the night on the Atlantic coast...
 Back in September we did a piece on Florida bourbons in honor of "Bourbon Heritage Month." Little did we know it would lead to one of the great Christmas presents of our adult life.
  There are three bourbon distilleries here in Florida, including the Timber Creek Distillery in Crestview - up in the panhandle. We were stunned when...
Recently my wife and I had a discussion over which we liked better the Florida sunrise or sunset. First, we decided that "better" might not be the proper word. For us, it might rather be "which do you prefer?"
As it turns out, each has its own charm.
The Sunrise
There's something about getting...
As things begin to get back in gear, many people want to know how to tell which Florida beaches are open. To that end, we have found there are several ways to check - especially if you know where you are headed.
Over the course of time, we have witnessed several communities that had opened,...
Avast mateys! Did you know that Arr-gust is Pirate Month? Well, that's what our crack research team tells us! Here in Florida, there are plenty of opportunities for privateers of all stripe to celebrate with a yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
While visiting Historic Cocoa Village, we found the Antilles Trading Company...
I'd like to continue the review of our travels in 2020 where we left off in June. That's when Florida began to re-open. Restaurants and bars were allowed to have inside operations, some of the attractions opening their doors and even some shows and activities started up again.
In late June we headed to the Prestige Hotel in Vero Beach...
