  Officials of the American Automobile Associations say a new study shows that American workers took an average of 17.2 days of vacation last year. According to new research from Project: Time Off that shows a half-day increase from 2016. This marks the highest level for American vacation usage since 2010 when we took an average of 17.5 days...
  When we travel, we've found for the best time, we have to start with travel preparations. For instance, we have a check list to make certain that everything we need is in the vehicle. We've developed a way to make certain its optimum space and ready to go.
Those who follow us know we always are in search of...
  We see that the summer travel season is now over. But we understand many Floridians are not ready to put their luggage away. In fact, we read a new AAA Consumer Pulse Survey that reveals nearly three-quarters of Florida residents will take at least one vacation sometime from September through November.
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A Fall Vacation is a Good Idea
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   Officials from the AAA say every year Half of Floridians fail to use all their time off, creating a stockpile of 33 million unused vacation days. A study by the AAA, in collaboration with Project: Time Off, says the most effective remedy for American workers who want to use more vacation days is better planning. Yet only 54 percent of American...
 To assist with driving, The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has launched its Holiday Travel Campaign. We like the idea. It's to ensure motorists "Arrive Alive" to their destination.
Holiday Travel
  The holidays are a peak travel period. Subsequently, millions of Floridians and visitors are expected to travel on Florida roads over the next two...
 There are lots of day trips in the Sunshine State. In fact, some of us like to make them overnighters. That is, if we can discover the appropriate accommodations.
 Nevertheless, our friends from Florida Backroads Travel have put together a compendium of ideas.
Where to Go
  These trips are based on different themes. The nearly two dozen different ideas...
  In our travels we have visited lots of locales - but we've never actually been on any kind of organized tour.
  Oh, we have taken a lot of trips around the Sunshine State. But our favorite destinations have been smaller, funky and interesting towns that we've explored on our own. Matlacha for instance, is tiny but there is...
  Once again, the Sebring International Raceway’s legendary 12-hour endurance race has been voted as one of the world’s ten best motorsports races in the USAToday 10best competition.
  Sebring was one of 20 races nominated by a panel of experts for the month long vote, and finished fourth overall. This is a repeat honor for the famed Florida circuit...
 Officials of the American Automobile Association predict more Americans will travel for this Independence Day than every before. In fact, they say record-breaking 46.9 million Americans probably will journey 50 miles or more away from home/ That's up five percent from last year and the highest number since AAA began tracking 18 years ago.
  And those who follow us know...
Our friend Mandy Longo has discovered a mystery mural. It happened during one of her Mosquito County Tours.
It was on May 9 of 1754 that the first cartoon appeared in an American Newspaper. Appearing in the Philadelphia Gazette, it was titled "Join or Die."
The ink drawing was...
