5 Secret Bargain Vacations of Florida
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, December, 1999 by Chelle Koster Walton
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Florida isn't simply theme parks and beaches; it's a treasure trove of outdoor adventures, navigable waterways, wildlife, and even nudist colonies. Follow us to five of the state's more unusual, affordable experiences.
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EVERGLADING Within your first day there, you'll probably see - as I recently did - five saltwater crocs, three water snakes, two little blue herons, a bunch of alligators, and ospreys everywhere. Everglades National Park is the ultimate Florida eco-experience. It can come as rugged as paddling the 100-mile Wilderness Waterway Trail and sleeping under thatched "chickees," or as relatively plush as staying at Flamingo Lodge, deep in crocodile country on Florida Bay. Flamingo Lodge offers a marina, restaurant, and snack bar; rentals of bikes, canoes, kayaks, fishing skiffs, and houseboats; fishing charters and both tour and private boats, as well as access to Everglades back-country canals, lakes, and rivers of grass. ...
