Recently we saw a question in the Travel Insider Bucket List Facebook Group page asking what was the worst travel advice you'd ever been given. Member Lu Zhan replied - "Work hard and when you retire, then you can travel."
We could not agree more - that might be the worst advice ever.
Early...
For all intents and purposes, it appears that Florida has been closed TFN - meaning 'Til Further Notice. The beaches are shut down, restaurants no longer are serving inside and most of the attractions have locked up. We now are awaiting the fabled TFN to arrive.
In the past, we have indicated that we have...
  We have done several blogs here but we never have discussed exactly why we travel Florida. Of course, we like to find unexplored places in the Sunshine State, see different things and to have new experiences.
However, it is more than that. We just like to be with each other and traveling gives us...
Well February has arrived - and that means it's Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month. I know we are happy about it. There are hundreds of roadside vendors and U-picks full of our favorite fruit. Possibly the best part is that February means the annual Florida Strawberry Festival is right around the corner.
The strawberries actually...
Recently we had an opportunity to go out of state and the "Welcome to Florida" sign is something we anticipate. As always, we stopped in at the Florida Visitor's Center. This time it was The Joseph O. Striska Official Welcome Center located on I-75 in beautiful Hamilton County.
In all, there actually are five official...
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...
We have passed by Webb's Candy Factory on Highway 27 in Polk County many times. But like others, we'd never stopped. Recently we pulled in to visit and found out what we had been missing. Previously we had blogged about our trip to Davidson's of Dundee and sampled their citrus candy. This time it was Webb's world-famous...
Happy New Year to you! As we move into this new year and a new decade, we at Florida Fun Travel would like to take this opportunity to say thank you. For all our visitors, new and returning, thanks.
Last year, we more than doubled the amount of articles we posted in the first...
We know it's that time of year, when millions of Americans will be hauling their Christmas trees home. Remember, there are better ways than tying it to your car like a prize buck. While picking the perfect tree is the fun part, the process of bringing it home can be dangerous if not done properly.
“Drivers ...
Welcome to Florida Fun Travel - come in and have a look around. We are glad to have you with us. For those who follow us, we are a couple of "boomers" here in Florida who travel the Sunshine State looking for fun.
We've made a lot of stops...
