Florida Beaches

Florida's beaches are beautiful and diverse.
     The west side of Florida offers beaches with soft, white sand. The water is calm, clear and warm.
     Along the Florida's east coast, the northern beaches are quite different from the east coast's southern beaches. In the north, the sand is harder; one can ride a bicycle on the beach. There aren't many condos and hotels on these more natural beaches. The water is rougher and the shoreline is windswept. The southern part of the east coast is where you will find softer sand, and warm, clear water in many shades of blue and green, because of the Gulf Stream influences.  ~ Places Around Florida website

Florida Fun Facts:
~ Key West has the highest average temperature in the United States.
~ Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.
~ Florida has over 1,300 miles of coastline with 800 miles of beaches.
~ The Saint John's River is one of the few rivers that flows north instead of south.
~ The largest lake in Florida is Lake Okeechobee.
~ Miami installed the first bank automated teller machine especially for rollerbladers.
~ Ybor City was once known as the Cigar Capital of the World with nearly 12,000 tabaqueros (cigar-makers) employed in 200 factories. Ybor City produced an estimated 700 million cigars a year at the industry's peak.
~ Plant City, the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, holds the Guinness record for the world's largest strawberry shortcake. The 827 square-foot, 6,000 pound cake was made on Feb. 19, 1999 in McCall Park.
~ Islamorada is billed as the Sports fishing Capital of the World
~ The Pinellas Trail, a 47 mile hiking/biking trail connecting St. Petersburg with Central and north Pinellas County, is the longest urban linear trail in the eastern United States.
~ Key Largo is known as the Dive Capital of the World.
~ Florida is not the southernmost state in the United States. Hawaii is farther south.
~ Cape Canaveral is America's launch pad for space flights.
~ Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America.
Information from:  Florida Facts and Trivia 

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