Authentic Florida

“Authentic” Florida is everywhere. The stillness of a kayak ride through a Florida mangrove tunnel, a dip in the world’s deepest fresh water spring, a swamp walk through the Big Cypress, a visit to a real cracker cattle ranch, scalloping on the Nature Coast or lobstering in the Florida Keys, a hike through towering pine flatwoods of the Ocala National Forest or visiting a true Florida fishing village.

So often in our lives, “down time” excursions are trips to the mall, a movie, a sporting ev...