• Barrels aging at a local distillery in St. Augustine, FL

    Fish Camps, Boiled Peanuts, and Old Florida Food Traditions

    What Did People Eat Around Here Before Anybody Moved Here? Drive far enough down a two lane road in this part of Florida and the landscape changes. The subdivisions thin out. The oaks lean over the road. And then there is a building on the water with a gravel lot, a screen door, and a hand painted s

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  • Shorebird on a wooden rail in Jacksonville Beach, FL

    Libraries, Parks, and the Best Free Things to Do on the First Coast

    What Does A Good Saturday Here Cost? You can spend a lot of money in Northeast Florida if you want to. There is golf, there are boats, there are restaurants on the water with a view you pay for. But the best day most people have here is usually free. A boardwalk over the marsh at the Guana reserve i

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  • Fishing pier over the ocean in St. Augustine, FL

    The Fishing Piers of Northeast Florida and Who Actually Fishes Them

    What Is It About A Pier That Gets People Out Of Bed At Five? Stand at the end of an ocean pier in Northeast Florida an hour before sunrise and you will find a cross section of the whole region. Retirees who have been coming for twenty years. A kid with a rod that is too big for him. Somebody in Navy

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