This is a continuation of a post I did a while ago, which you can find here. It covers a lot of the more common reasons, like sunshine and Disney World, that I’m sure you’ll notice are missing from this list. I’ll keep posting these once in a while until I run out of reasons (if I ever do).
- A view like this can change your day. A view like this every day can change your life.
Flickr/thephotographymuse St. Pete Beach
- There are dozens of breathtaking parks that don’t have the word “theme” in front of them.
Flickr/Darryl Kenyon Rainbow Springs State Park
- We have real mermaids (and manatees).
Flickr/Daniel Oines Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
- Old Florida had cowboys before the Old West did. Some places still do.
Flickr/katiew Clair-Mel City
- We have the most beautiful natural swimming holes.
Julie Fletcher via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor Ichetucknee Springs State Park
- Would these adorn your lawn in any other state?
Flickr/Todd Kulesza Sanibel
- We have people, places and things you won’t find anywhere else.
Flickr/key lime pie yumyum The Key Deer is a tiny deer about the size of a large dog found only in the lower Keys.
- This is an acceptable Christmas tree.
Flickr/Joe Parks Key West
- And this could be our Santa Claus.
Flickr/Viewminder Big Pine Key
- If you lived here, this could be your college campus.
Daron Dean via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor Flagler College, St. Augustine
- Boiled peanuts are underrated.
Andrew Wardlow via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor
- You can be outside year-round if you so choose.
Flickr/Delany Dean
- Even the Amish vacation here.
Flickr/Kat… Photo: Siesta Key Beach (the Amish community is called Pinecrest, and it’s near Sarasota.)
- We have the only living coral barrier reef in the continental US.
Flickr/Galen Piehl Sombrero Reef, Florida Keys
- Some brilliant people chose to have homes here (Hemingway, Edison and Ford, for example).
Flickr/dcwriterdawn Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West
- There’s natural beauty at every turn.
Flickr/Bureau of Land Management Jupiter Inlet
- We know we do things differently, and we like it this way. We don’t really care if you don’t.
Flickr/Lon Martin Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Tampa
Please share your favorite reasons to love Florida with us below.
Flickr/thephotographymuse
St. Pete Beach
Flickr/Darryl Kenyon
Rainbow Springs State Park
Flickr/Daniel Oines
Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
Flickr/katiew
Clair-Mel City
Julie Fletcher via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor
Ichetucknee Springs State Park
Flickr/Todd Kulesza
Sanibel
Flickr/key lime pie yumyum
The Key Deer is a tiny deer about the size of a large dog found only in the lower Keys.
Flickr/Joe Parks
Key West
Flickr/Viewminder
Big Pine Key
Daron Dean via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor
Flagler College, St. Augustine
Andrew Wardlow via Flickr/VISIT FLORIDA Editor
Flickr/Delany Dean
Flickr/Kat…
Photo: Siesta Key Beach (the Amish community is called Pinecrest, and it’s near Sarasota.)
Flickr/Galen Piehl
Sombrero Reef, Florida Keys
Flickr/dcwriterdawn
Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West
Flickr/Bureau of Land Management
Jupiter Inlet
Flickr/Lon Martin
Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Tampa
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