 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...
 We have vacationed many times on the Gulf Coast of Florida but never had visited Fort Myers Beach. Recently we went there and found out that we had been missing quite a lot.
The Edison Beach House
 It began with an internet search where we discovered The Edison Beach House Hotel. So we decided to give it a try....
  The gift of time may be the best gift you can give.
  When it came to gift giving, in the past we used to give material goods as presents. That CD they wanted, a sweater, Star Wars mug or some other thing that we'd heard that was a heart's desire.
  However, as we have gotten older, we have...
  You may have heard of underwater basket weaving but how about underwater pumpkin carving?
  Well, it exists and it has become a tradition in Key West. Where else but the Conch Republic - which is home to a number of wild and zany people, places and things.
  Contestants in the annual competition don their wetsuits, then drop down...
  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...
