• Two people on the beach at sunset in St. Augustine, FL

    Sunrise on the Ocean, Sunset on the River: Life Between Two Waters

    What Is It Like to Have Both Ends of the Day on the Water? Get up early enough on the First Coast and you can stand on the sand at Ponte Vedra Beach while the Atlantic goes from grey to gold. Twelve hours later you can be on the west bank of the St. Johns River, watching the same sun drop behind the

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  • Sunset over the water with a pier in Amelia Island, FL

    Learning to Sail on the First Coast: How People Get on the Water Here

    Ever Watched a Sail Cross the Intracoastal and Thought, Why Not Me? It usually starts on a bridge. You are driving over the Intracoastal on a late afternoon, and off to the south a small sailboat is running with the wind, sail full, hull tilted just enough to look serious. Nobody on board seems to b

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  • Wildflowers in bloom in Jacksonville, FL

    Living With Florida Wildlife: What Nobody Warns You About and What Actually Matters

    Ready for the Part of Florida Life That Comes With Fur, Feathers, and Scales? Your first week here, you will step onto the lanai in the morning and find a lizard sunning itself on the screen frame, absolutely unbothered by you. Somewhere over the retention pond a great blue heron will be standing pe

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