Florida
Four trips: two weeks in south-eastern Florida, ten days on the Gulf Coast, ten days in the Florida Keys, and nine days around Key Largo.
Highlights of the trip down the east coast from Orlando to Key West included a thorough two-day visit to the Kennedy Space Center, sightseeing down the Florida Keys, an excursion 75 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico to Dry Tortugas, and
appreciation of the Art Deco hotel architecture of Miami
Beach. Florida East page
The visit to the Gulf Coast featured an eclectic mix of historical sites, art galleries, museums, and beach communities,
with frequent visits to wildlife sanctuaries and centres. Highlights included visits to the Edison and Ford summer homes in Fort Myers, Sanibel Island, and the Ringling Mansion, Museum of Art, and Circus Museum in
Sarasota. Florida West page
My visit to the Florida Keys covered some of the same territory as the east coast trip, but also included a concentrated look at
the remnants and legacy of the Key West Extension of Henry Flagler's East Coast Railway. Major destinations were Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West. A short helicopter ride at Marathon provided unique views not only of that community but of the Keys as a whole. Florida Keys page
The Key Largo trip was just a winter escape, again to the Keys, but I did a bit of exploring, including seeing what's leftover from the making of the Key Largo movie that made this town famous. Florida Keys page
You can access the PDFs from this page or from the individual Section Pages listed below. Those pages have extra sample pictures and more detailed on-screen route maps.
Links to all three Picture Files are below the Sample Images. A note about maps and Tables of Contents are provided below that.
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Sample Images
Here are a few sample images from the picture files. You can click or tap on these to see larger versions.
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Links to Section Pages
These pages have extra sample pictures and more detailed on-screen route maps as well as the links to the PDF pictures files.
Links to Pictures Files
You can access the PDF pictures files by clicking or tapping on the links below.
| File | Pages | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Florida-East.pdf | 158 | 24.9 MB |
| Florida-West.pdf | 136 | 30.0 MB |
| Florida-Keys.pdf | 114 | 23.6 MB |
| Florida-Key-Largo.pdf | 52 | 10.7 MB |
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Maps
Destination maps are included on each of the section pages, and in each of the PDF picture files.
Printable packages of the maps are available on the section pages.
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Tables of Contents
The Contents tables from the three main picture files are reproduced below. Printable copies of these tables are provided on the section pages.
The Contents tables from the fronts of the three main PDF picture files are reproduced at the bottom of the section pages and links to printable versions are provided there.
| Florida-East.pdf | |
| Cover | 1 |
| Contents | 2 |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Route Map | 4 |
| Cocoa Beach | 5 |
| Kennedy Space Center | 11 |
| Rocket Sizes Chart | 33 |
| Facilities Map | 43 |
| Delray Beach | 48 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 51 |
| Everglades | 64 |
| South Florida Map | 67 |
| Key Largo | 68 |
| Florida Keys 1 | 78 |
| Key West 1 | 86 |
| Dry Tortugas | 113 |
| Key West 2 | 122 |
| Florida Keys 2 | 127 |
| Miami Beach | 131 |
| Art Deco District | 144 |
| End | 158 |
| Florida-West.pdf | |
| Contents | 2 |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Route Map | 4 |
| Miami | |
| Miami Beach | 5 |
| Art Deco District | 8 |
| Sightseeing Cruise | 12 |
| Gulf Coast | |
| Naples | 17 |
| Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary | 25 |
| Marco Island | 37 |
| Fort Myers | |
| Edison & Ford Estates | 44 |
| Sanibel Island | 59 |
| Sanibel Island Sunset | 68 |
| Fort Myers Beach | 71 |
| Punta Gorda | |
| Ponce de Leon Park | 73 |
| Peace River Wildlife Center | 75 |
| Sarasota | |
| Ringling Estate & Museums | 79 |
| Ringling Circus Museum | 80 |
| Ringling Mansion | 92 |
| Ringling Museum of Art | 103 |
| St. Petersburg | |
| Treasure Island | 114 |
| Dali Museum | 116 |
| Boyd Hill Nature Preserve | 121 |
| Clearwater Beach | 134 |
| End | 136 |
| Florida-Keys.pdf | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Map | 4 |
| Part 1. Sightseeing | |
| Welcome to the Keys | 5 |
| Key Largo | 6 |
| Upper Keys | 14 |
| Whale Harbor | 15 |
| Anne's Beach | 18 |
| Marathon | 20 |
| Helicopter | 24 |
| Lower Keys | |
| Seven Mile Bridge | 37 |
| Bahia Honda State Park | 39 |
| Big Pine Key | 42 |
| Stock Island | 43 |
| Key West | 44 |
| America 2 Day Sail | 47 |
| Mel Fisher Maritime Museum | 55 |
| Jolly II Rover Sunset Sail | 67 |
| Part 2. The Overseas Railroad | 76 |
| Henry Flagler | 77 |
| Keys Map | 79 |
| Construction | 80 |
| Long Key Viaduct | 82 |
| Pigeon Key | 85 |
| Seven Mile Bridge | 93 |
| Bahia Honda Bridge | 94 |
| Success … but | 95 |
| Disaster | 100 |
| Vet's Highway Piers | 101 |
| Hurricane Memorial | 102 |
| Bankruptcy | 105 |
| The Overseas Highway | 106 |
| Legacy | 108 |
| Books | 113 |
| End | 114 |
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Florida East