Download or read book Favorite Days Out in Central Florida from The Villages Residents written by Gillian Birch and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This diverse collection of day trips in Central Florida was compiled from suggestions by residents of 'The Villages,' who shared their favorite attractions with author and travel writer, Gillian Birch. Whether you are a Florida resident or a visitor, this book is all the inspiration you need to discover hot springs, historic homes, classic cars, museums, and wonderful state parks that are ideal for all ages. More adventurous visitors will find local opportunities to hand-feed elephants, get up-close and “chuff' with beautiful big cats, or spin through 360 degrees on a wild airboat ride! Enjoy trolley tours, coach safaris, boardwalks, and wildlife parks where you can see manatees, wading birds, and even a hippo with special Florida citizenship, all just a short drive from your home in 'The Villages'.

Download or read book Days Out in Central Florida from the Villages written by Gillian Birch and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SEE REVISED EDITION NOW AVAILABLE*Finalist 2011 Royal Palm Literary Awards*A beautiful book of great days out in Central Florida from The Villages with full details of each handpicked attraction. Discover botanical gardens, estate homes, historic towns, parks, boardwalks, springs and even a winery, right on your doorstep! This book covers things to do, where to eat, detailed directions from the Villages, cost and opening times, along with a detailed eye-witness description of each day trip.

Download or read book Days Out in Central Florida from the Villages written by Gillian Birch and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REVISED SECOND EDITION 2015 A beautiful book of great days out in Central Florida from The Villages with full details of each handpicked attraction. Discover botanical gardens, estate homes, historic towns, parks, boardwalks, springs and even a winery, right on your doorstep! This book covers things to do, where to eat, detailed directions from the Villages, cost and opening times, along with a detailed eye-witness description of each day trip. *Finalist 2011 Royal Palm Literary Awards*

Download or read book Days Out from the Villages with Grandkids written by Gillian Birch and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of Days Out from The Villages with Grandkids is an essential resource for any grandparent wanting to share quality time when their grandchildren come to visit. It packs in a range of activities that bridge the generation gap, allowing grandparents and grandchildren to share happy adventures and activities all within 90 miles of The Villages in Central Florida. Each chapter covers a specific attraction in detail with a description of what to expect, location, website, tips and contact details so you can choose the perfect days out to enjoy with your grandkids. It includes some recommended family-friendly places to eat to round off your trip on a high. The book covers a range of wildlife attractions including a Big Cat Wildlife Conservation, a Giraffe Ranch where you can take a real safari and handfeed exotic animals and the only place in the world where you can swim with manatees. There are boat tours, farm tours, horseback rides, tubing, zip lines, museums, and one of the top aquariums in the USA. You'll encounter exotic butterflies, dolphins, birds, gators and even dinosaurs on these trips which will be the foundation for many happy memories that you and your grandchildren will treasure forever. Researched and written by an established author and grandmother, this book ensures your grandchildren will eagerly look forward to their visits to The Villages and the exciting adventures and experiences they will encounter in Central Florida. Now it's easier than ever to plan some incredible days out that everyone will talk out for years to come.

Download or read book Central Florida Backroads Travel written by Mike Miller and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CENTRAL FLORIDA BACKROADS TRAVEL takes you off the Interstate Highways and onto the quieter roads that defined this region in earlier years. Millions of people visit Central Florida every year and never really see it. Everything looks pretty much the same from Interstate 4, Interstate 75 or the Florida Turnpike. The same old billboards, gas stations, chain restaurants and tacky tourist traps call out to you as you speed along. This guide will rescue you from interstate monotony and take you off the beaten path to what is called Old Florida. This part of our fast growing state is still a place of serenity, natural wonders and historic places. The guide is organized into several different sections so you can browse what you'd like at your convenience. Several historic Central Florida towns are profiled including Babson Park, Cassadaga, Clermont, Doctor Phillips, Eustis, Fort Meade, Frostproof, Fruitland Park, Haines City, Highland Park, Howey In The Hills, Lakeland, Lake Placid, Lake Wales, Mount Dora, Ocala, Okeechobee, Orlando, Sebring, St Cloud, Tavares, The Villages, Wauchula, Windermere, Winter Garden, Winter Haven and Winter Park. The history of each town is discussed and photos are shown along with an antique postcard now and then. If a town has a good restaurant, the guide will mention it along with some favorite lodging choices. Although Central Florida is noted for its major Orlando theme parks, the area is also famous for its vast agricultural lands, its Ocala National Forest and older quieter tourist attractions. This guide will show you where the best ones are. You will also learn about several Florida State Parks. These parks are quiet treasures that will make your visit even more interesting. The guide does not focus on the major theme parks, but does give you brief introductions to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Seaworld. Florida heritage and history are important parts of the culture of Central Florida. The guide tells you about festivals, including art shows, and gives you times and places so you can enjoy them during your visit. You will also find a list of all Central East Florida heritage sites, and will learn about the interesting history of this part of Florida. Last but not least, CENTRAL FLORIDA BACKROADS TRAVEL has a section on Florida day trips. You will be given recommended driving routes along with maps to help you enjoy your wanderings around this interesting region of Florida. The guide is written by Mike Miller, a 50 plus year resident of Florida. Mike is a graduate civil engineer from the University of Florida and has traveled all over the state on both business and pleasure. He writes for and publishes his own website, Florida-Backroads-Travel.com. Much of the material from this guide is from the website.

Download or read book Day Trips from Orlando written by John Kumiski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-12-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Orlando. For local travelers seeking new adventures in their own backyards, as well as vacationers, it offers hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive.

Download or read book Assembly written by West Point Association of Graduates (Organization). and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Finding Florida written by T. D. Allman and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award Nominee and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, “God’s waiting room,” and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it’s home to nineteen million. The site of vicious racial violence, including massacres, slavery, and the roll-back of Reconstruction, Florida is now one of our most diverse states, a dynamic multicultural place with an essential role in twenty-first-century America. In Finding Florida, T. D. Allman reclaims the remarkable history of Florida from the state’s mythologizers, apologists, and boosters. Allman traces the discovery, exploration, and settlement of Florida, its transformation from a swamp to “paradise.” Palm Beach, Key West, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando boomed, fortunes were won and lost, land was stolen and flipped, and millions arrived. The product of a decade of research and writing, Finding Florida is the first modern comprehensive history of this fascinating place. “A take-no-prisoners account . . . Extremely timely and relevant.” —The New York Times Book Review “The Seminole Wars, the Civil War, various massacres, Reconstruction, a second Reconstruction, Disney World, the Marielitos, voter suppression—it’s all here, and even Carl Hiaasen couldn’t make it up.” —Booklist, starred review

Download or read book Killings in the Alley written by Augie Salzer and published by Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc.. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Killings in the Alley By: Augie Salzer Detective Grant Steele had hoped to find a more peaceful existence at The Villages, a quiet, safe community of mostly retirees, but he soon finds himself immersed in a series of mysterious murders in the alley behind a complex housing a physical therapy practice, pizza parlor, and beauty shop. In Killings in the Alley, no one seems to be what they appear, all dealing with secrets and horrors in their own lives, past and present. During his investigation Steele navigates drug dealers, embezzlement, a superstitious physical therapist, a compulsive gambler, shady teenagers, mob-connected twins, and money launderers all to wrap up this massively complicated criminal case.

Download or read book Inside the Bubble written by Ryan Erisman and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Villages® retirement community in Central Florida is home to 700+ holes of golf, 200+ pickleball courts, 100 recreation centers, 100+ swimming pools, 3,000+ resident clubs and organizations, 100+ restaurants, a wide range of shops, grocery stores, and medical offices, free live entertainment nightly, and to top it off, nearly everything is golf cart accessible. With all of that in mind, it's no wonder why 130,000 retirees call it home.Yes, it's an incredible place, but it's not for everyone. Thousands of people buy and move here every year, but thousands more take a close look and decide it's not for them. This book was written to help you decide if it's the right place for you.

Download or read book University of Central Florida written by Nathan Holic and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The University of Central Florida has stood at the edges of Orlando for 40 years, a major institution of research, culture, education, and professional development stitched into the fabric of one of the nation's most dynamic and influential metropolitan areas. Conceived in 1963, at the height of America's fascination with the space program and less than an hour from Florida's Space Coast, the school began as Florida Technological University, a vast and remote tract of wild palmettos and swampland that held the promise of a cutting-edge "Space University." But 1963 was the same year that Walt Disney made his fateful fly over Central Florida and chose the location for Walt Disney World, a decision that would ultimately transform the entire region. Florida Tech found itself growing along with the surrounding community in size, prominence, and power into a diverse institution that no one in those early years could have envisioned. Renamed the University of Central Florida in 1979 to better reflect its broad curriculum and its strong marriage with the region, the school has blossomed into the prototype for the modern metropolitan university.

Download or read book Spot Visits the Villages Florida written by Kathleen Titra and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spot and his family visit Nana and Papa in The Villages, a retirement community in central Florida, not far from Orlando. It's fun for everyone with golf, tennis, fishing, swimming and other activities. Come along with Spot on his latest adventure.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Florida written by Mark Ellwood and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2004 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover this exquisite region of the United Stateswith the most incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Whether you plan to soak up the sun on Miami Beach, track down alligators in the Evergladesor dive amid vibrant coral reefs in the Florida Keys, The Rough Guide to Florida will show you the ideal places to sleep, eat, drink, shop and visit alongthe way.

Download or read book Walt Disney World 2011 written by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers up-to-date coverage of every attraction in the theme parks, and includes hotels and restaurants in all price ranges.

Download or read book Fodor s Walt Disney World written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a limited time, receive a free Fodor's Guide to Safe and Healthy Travel e-book with the purchase of this guidebook! Go to fodors.com for details. For generations, Americans have come to play and dream in Orlando, Florida. Fodor’s Walt Disney World is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to Disney World. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your Disney trip with ease. Whether visitors want to wander the halls of Hogwarts or dine with Cinderella, Fodor's Walt Disney World provides everything they need to know. Color photos and features highlight the best of the theme parks, area hotels and restaurants, golf courses and spas, and Orlando. Fodor’s Walt Disney World includes: •UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE: The completion of Pandora: The World of Avatar in 2017 has been a huge event in Walt Disney World, with more new worlds on the way. We also cover the new and exciting dining and nightlife options in Disney Springs. We've added coverage of Universal's new Volcano Bay water park as well as the other new rides and attractions there and in the surrounding Orlando area. •ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE: A brief introduction and spectacular color photos capture the ultimate experiences and attractions throughout Walt Disney World and the rest of Orlando. •DETAILED MAPS: Over 35 detailed maps to help you plan and get around stress-free. •GORGEOUS PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATED FEATURES: Full color magazine-style features like “Doing Orlando and the Parks Right” will help you customize your trip. “A Man, A Mouse, A Legacy” delves into the interesting background of Walt Disney and includes an encompassing timeline of the park's history. •ITINERARIES AND TOP RECOMMENDATIONS: Helpful itineraries will help you plan and make the most of your time in Orlando. We include tips on where to eat, stay, and shop as well as information about nightlife, sports, and the outdoors. “Fodor's Choice” designates our best picks in every category. •INDISPENSABLE TRIP PLANNING TOOLS: It's easy to plan a vacation for any interest using the guide's planner pages, which include sections for families and for those not going to the theme parks. •COVERS: The Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, SeaWorld, Discover Cove, International Drive, Gator Land, Kissimmee, the surrounding Orlando area, and much more. •ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. Planning on visiting the rest of Florida? Check out Fodor's Florida, Fodor's South Florida, and Fodor's In Focus Florida Keys.

Download or read book Sheer Grace written by Duain William Vierow and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheer Grace tells the amazing story of one persons spiritual journey: an imperfect, dirty lump of clay on the Potters table, striving to find a full, meaningful life, touched by the grace of God. Duain WilliamVierow grew up with his immigrant father in a small Minnesota town. This very ordinary life was transformed into an extraordinary journey that took the author to the far corners of the earth. The most important facet of his journey was his relationship with an all-encompassing God. He became a leader through the organizations that mattered most4-H and his church and led him to his life as a pastor and missionary. Duain is a global citizen who has traveled widely, visiting a variety of people and cultures. His passion for mission comes from an intense understanding of the call of the Gospel in his life. His calling enabled him to serve four terms as a missionary in Malaysia. During this time he was involved in establishing new communities of believers, organizing new work, conducting lay training, leading congregations, and serving as Coordinator of Malaysian Church Growth. Forced to return to the States, he continued his focus mission work through congregations, the establishment of the Global Mission Institute, and the start of a new church in Florida.

Download or read book An Everlasting Love Affair written by Lou Candela and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, although it has been classified as an autobiography, is really a series of short stories that will leave you smiling. There are paragraphs in this book that are so candid and sometimes revealing, that my first reaction was... Lou, your wife is going to kill you for saying that in print!!! Lou's story about the Russian girls is just one of those stories and is very funny. Don't think for a minute that this is just another autobiography. Lou begins by telling of life growing up as a young boy in Lower Manhattan in the 1920's and 1930s. Times were tough in those years and you had to be resourceful to stay alive and help put food on the table. As Lou states, "Everyone was just trying to make ends meet ... lots of poverty and hard times." If you're looking for tales like those portrayed in the movie 2009 Gangs of New York, forget it this is more like the perseverance portrayed in the 1939 Streets of New York with Jackie Cooper. Lou goes on to tell of his efforts to get into the U.S. Army during WWII; he was kept at bay by his loving mother for a while and was finally inducted and sent to Europe to fight. It is here that he meets the love of his life, Irene, in a small German village. She was a beautiful young girl, he was young and thunderstruck by her beauty and gentleness.