Florida Scallop Season Opens Tomorrow!
This year, the bay scallop recreational harvest season will begin a week early on June 25 and end on Sept. 25, two weeks later than normal. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is predicting large numbers of scallops in the Steinhatchee area.
Family Fun at Suwannee River Rendezvous
What’s there to do at the Rendezvous? How about: Rent a canoe or kayak Play volleyball Swing on a tire swing Swim or snorkel in the spring Explore the banks of the Suwannee Try your luck at fishing (license available in the lodge) Look for jumping sturgeon Eat at Grandma Susie’s Cookin’ Shack Watch the …
Grandma Susie’s Cookin’ Shack at Suwannee River Rendezvous
One of the best things about staying at Suwannee River Rendezvous is that you don’t have to cook or venture far from your lodging when mealtime comes around: Grandma Susie’s Cookin’ Shack is just down the hill. The cooking is done in one building and handed through a window to waiting diners who can choose …
Day 4, the last day of the Visit Natural North Florida Press Tour–Leon County
After wrangling all the writers into the van at the Governor’s Inn in Tallahassee, we headed over to Another Broken Egg, a breakfast joint over on Capital Circle, east of town. While part of a chain of ‘eggy’ restaurants, the food was excellent and the portions huge. Just what we needed after 3 solid days …
Fishing for Dummies? Beginners Welcome with Captain Tommy Thompson
I always thought that fishing charters were for people who know how to fish. I mean, I know one end of the pole from the other, but that’s about it. But my son recently decided that he loves fishing and wanted to learn more about it, so we headed out into the Gulf off of …
June 2011 Travel Writers Press Trip, Day 3, Jefferson and Leon Counties, FL
Since this is a ‘culinary’ tour, we began the day in Monticello with great breakfasts at the John Denham House and the Avera-Clarke House. I think most of the crew is getting tired of eating gourmet food, but are still looking forward to the food in the Tallahassee area. We only had one tour in …
June 2011 Travel Writers Press Trip, Day 2, Madison and Jefferson Counties, FL
Day 2 of the Natural North Florida Writers Press Trip began early, with Doc feeling low from an overdose of Makers’ Mark. However, he was rejuvenated by the time we reached Tuten’s U-Pick farms in southern Madison County. There, we saw huge fields of peas, watermelons, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant ready for the picking by …
June 2011 Travel Writers Press Trip, Day 1, Madison County FL
Our first day started in Gainesville. Bloggers Tommy Thompson and Susannah Watson loaded up the Visit Natural North Florida van and headed to Gilchrist County with Bryan Thomas, VNNF Director. In Trenton, we picked up Donna Creamer, Chair of The Original Florida Tourism Task Force. We arrived in Madison just in time to meet up …
Taste of Natural North Florida: The ‘Edna Special’ – a Steinhatchee Original
How do you like your hush puppies? At Roy’s Restaurant, waterfront views and the Greek flair that seasons the menu items have made this eatery a Steinhatchee gathering spot since 1969. When you go, be sure to ask for the Edna Special, which pairs your freshly fried hush puppies with the unusual combination of guava …
‘Going Down The Road Being Bad’–Well, Maybe.
With apologies to the late, great Carl Perkins for stealing his song title…just an announcement that the travel.naturalnorthflorida blogger crew is meeting up with famous writer and raconteur Doc Lawrence later today for a grand tour of Madison, Jefferson and Leon counties. With the major emphasis on food and food producers in these northernmost Florida …