Friday, August 21, 2015

Central Florida (without the hoopla)

We are going to Florida for Easter week this year.  This is our plans. We have a relative that lives in Winter Haven so I focused our fun around there.

This is an 6 day trip...leaving from Milan, TN.

D1) Friday

7am - Leave Home

1230pm to 230pm - Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site - 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA
Free
Visitor Center, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Firestation No 6 and Freedom Hall Daily 9-5
Birth Home 10-4
JR Program

9pm - Hotel - Days Inn - 2930 Polynesian Isle Blvd, Kissimmee, FL
(We stayed in room 251. The a/c didn't work great but it wasn't terrible.  The hotel wasn't spectacular but it suited our needs and was comfortable)

D2) Saturday

8am -Leave Hotel

930am to 1pm - Canaveral National Seashore - Playalinda Beach - 17 Olsen Rd, Sharpes, FL
$5 per car
6am to 6pm
JR Program
Visitor Center 9-5, Eldora Statehouse (Fri-Sun) 12-4, Seminole Rest (Wed-Sun) 12-4

Follow (FL- 3) 
Stops:
*Manatee Observation Deck
to (US Hwy 1)
*Seminole Rest
to left on (FL A1A)
*Eldora Hammock Trail - 0.5 mile
*Canaveral National Seashore Visitor Center

230pm to 530pm - Lori Wilson Park - 1500 N Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL
Beach, Boardwalk, Sand Dunes

540pm to 830pm - Cocoa Beach Pier - 401 Meade Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL
Dinner-Shop-Relax
Hours: 7am to 10pm










D3) Sunday
Easter

D4) Monday
8am - Leave Hotel

930am to 330pm - Clearwater Marine Aquarium - 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater, FL
Hours: 9-6
Admission: A$21.95, K$16.95
Winter's Dolphin Tale Adventure - Free with General Admission
Feed Rufus (4x6 Photo) $30
Photo w/ a Dolphin (2-4people) $60
Photo w/ Winter (2-4people) $160
*other combos and opportunites on website


515pm - Dinner/Hotel

D5) Tuesday

430am - Leave Hotel

600am to 9:30am - Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge - 1502 SE Kings Bay Drive, Crystal River, FL
Visitor Center 8-4
Free
*Three Sisters Spring Boardwalk Tour
$15 Adults $5 Kids
*Swim with Manatees Tour 6:15a-9:15a $65 person
River Ventures Tour Company
November 15-April 30 1030a-330p
*Kings Spring

10am to 10:30am - Picnic Lunch

1030am to 2:30pm - Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park - 4150 S Suncoast Blvd, Homosassa, FL

Hours: 9-530
Admission: A$13, K$5
Pepper Creek Birding Trail - 0.75mile
Visitor Center
Boat Tours- Free with General Admission
Nature Trail - 1.10mile

 

4p - Hotel

D6) Wednesday

Drive Home

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