Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts

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