Download or read book Tampa Bay and Florida s West Coast Adventure Guide written by Chelle Koster Walton and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-use book is packed with practical information and enticing facts that make it fun to read."Sarasota owes its development and artistic reputation to, ironically, the circus, which wintered there beginning in the late 1800s. In contrast to circus raucousness, however, John Ringling was a man swayed by esthetics. The art he loved had a bit of three-ring showiness to it, nonetheless, as shown by the baroque Italianate palace he built himself in Sarasota." A clean, attractive layout makes it easy to find what you're looking for within each of the book's six sections, whether it be suggestions for finding the best food, lodging, kayaking, fishing or shopping; even driving directions are included. --Provided by publisher

Download or read book West Coast Adventures written by Adrienne Mason and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Coast Adventures- Shipwrecks, Lighthouses, and Rescues Along Canada's West Coast .,." The ship began to break up almost at once and the women and children were lashed to the rigging above the reach of the sea. It was a pitiful sight to see frail women, wearing only night dresses, ...trying to shield children in their arms." - Crewman of the Valencia This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history adventure The southwest coast of Vancouver Island is a reef-studded stretch, notorious for dramatic winter storms and thick cloaks of summer fog. Many ships have found themselves well off course, even lost, during sudden storms. This book tells the stories of the sailors, lighthouse keepers, and linemen who have weathered these west coast storms.

Download or read book Adventure Guide to Tampa Bay Florida s West Coast written by Chelle Koster Walton and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2004 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tampa Bay Florida s West Coast Adventure Guide written by Chelle Koster Walton and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully updated and expanded edition of this ever-popular guidebook. Visit vibrant cities, charming hometowns, nature preserves, wilderness areas and the famous white-sand beaches of Florida's Gulf shore. The book covers all of Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg and north to Withlacoochee State Forest, and south to Sanibel Island, Naples and Everglades National Park. Canoeing the Everglades, fishing on Marco Island, biking in Boca Grande, diving with manatees in Crystal River, sailing along St. Pete Beach, theater-going in Sarasota, shopping the sponge markets of Greek-flavored Tarpon Springs, exploring.

Download or read book The Best Coast A Road Trip Atlas written by Chandler O'Leary and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on the ultimate West Coast road trip this summer with The Best Coast—a full-color illustrated travel guide to all the must-visit roadside attractions, beloved landmarks, hidden histories, and offbeat delights on Washington, Oregon, and California’s historic highways, include the Pacific Coast Highway! From San Diego, California, all the way up to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, you'll find unusual facts, hidden history, epic Americana, and off-the-beaten-path adventures up and down the coast. This Road Trip Atlas Includes: Route Maps - the coastal route via historic Highways 101 and 1 (the PCH) and an inland route up Highway 99 City Guides - San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle 30+ Itineraries and Side Trips - Catalina Island, Joshua Tree National Park, Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks, wine country, Crater Lake National Park, the Columbia River Gorge, Mount Rainier National Park, the San Juan Islands, and Vancouver, BC. Travel Tips - safety, rules of the road, wise planning, and packing lists (for the traveler and for the car) Wildlife Checklists Index of places, parks and attractions Resources - navigational aids, travel information, passes and permits, books, websites and films Hit the road with this one-of-a-kind road trip travel guide through California, Oregon, and Washington that tells the story of the diversity and depth that created the West Coast we know and love today!

Download or read book Adventure Guide to Tampa Bay and Florida s West Coast written by Chelle Koster Walton and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the cities, towns, nature preserves and sandy beaches that grace the Sunshine State's western shore. It covers the area from just north of Tampa Bay to Naples and Everglades National Park, demonstrating how you can participate in activities such as canoeing the Everglades, hiking on Gasparilla Island, and exploring the history of Tampa's Ybor City. This guide seeks to offer adventures and accommodations to suit all budgets and lifestyles.

Download or read book The Great Escape Adventures on the Wild West Coast written by Monty Halls and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diary of adventure in picturesque Sand Bay, The Great Escape: Adventures on the Wild West Coast takes readers on an extraordinary journey as writer and explorer Monty Halls follows his dream of becoming a crofter. With his gigantic (possibly insane) dog Reuben as his companion, Monty raises sheep, pigs and chickens, grows his own vegetables, explores the wildlife, meets the locals, and learns all about life on Scotland's wild west coast. Living his dream is not without its challenges - whether it's renovating an ancient bothy, climbing a mountain called The Inaccessible Pinnacle, or surviving the daily onslaught of midges - but it's a life-changing experience, set in the most beautiful and dramatic landscape in Europe. The Great Escape is a book for anyone who has longed to leave the rat race behind.

Download or read book Adventures in Solitude written by Grant Lawrence and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Captain George Vancouver to Muriel “Curve of Time” Blanchet to Jim “Spilsbury’s Coast” Spilsbury, visitors to Desolation Sound have left behind a trail of books endowing the area with a romantic aura that helps to make it British Columbia’s most popular marine park. In this hilarious and captivating book, CBC personality Grant Lawrence adds a whole new chapter to the saga of this storied piece of BC coastline. Young Grant’s father bought a piece of land next to the park in the 1970s, just in time to encounter the gun-toting cougar lady, left-over hippies, outlaw bikers and an assortment of other characters. In those years Desolation Sound was a place where going to the neighbours’ potluck meant being met with hugs from portly naked hippies and where Russell the Hermit’s school of life (boating, fishing, and rock ’n’ roll) was Grant’s personal Enlightenment—an influence that would take him away from the coast to a life of music and journalism and eventually back again. With rock band buddies and a few cases of beer in tow, an older, cooler Grant returns to regale us with tales of “going bush,” the tempting dilemma of finding an unguarded grow-op, and his awkward struggle to convince a couple of visiting kayakers that he’s a legit CBC radio host while sporting a wild beard and body wounds and gesticulating with a machete. With plenty of laugh-out-loud humour and inspired reverence, Adventures in Solitude delights us with the unique history of a place and the growth of a young man amidst the magic of Desolation Sound.

Download or read book Voyages to Windward written by Elsie Hulsizer and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Elsie Hulsizer was little, she lived on the shores of Puget Sound in Washington where she spent the summers sailing in a small open sailboat with her parents. Her parents would always start out by sailing to windward, or against the wind, so they would have an easy ride home with the wind pushing them from behind. When Elsie grew up and got married, she and her husband Steve spent their summers sailing out of Puget Sound and up the Strait of Juan de Fuca, always to windward. This challenging course took them up the west coast of Vancouver Island where they were rewarded with a cruising area of spectacular scenery and quiet anchorages that were almost all their own. They spent the next twenty-odd years delightedly exploring the four sounds, several inlets and countless islands, bays, coves and stretches of unprotected coast between Barkley Sound and Brooks Peninsula. On their trips they survived many hair-raising encounters with wild weather and foaming reefs, met interesting people and discovered the intriguing history of a coast undergoing phenomenal changes. Beautifully illustrated with her own excellent photographs, Voyages to Windward is Elsie's account of their quarter-century of discovery, an absorbing, exquisitely crafted story that will delight all sailors whether or not they plan to follow Elsie's windward course.

Download or read book Adventures and Observations on the West Coast of Africa and Its Islands written by Chas. W. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hiking the West Coast Trail written by Tim Leadem and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket guide to hiking the West Coast Trail that provides detailed descriptions of the trail, comprehensive trail maps, and tips for hikers of all skill levels.

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