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For seasoned traveler Liz Rehnke, St. Petersburg, Florida is home. This blog talks about what Florida offers residents and viewers during the summer.
Summer in Florida can get hot. Not desert hot, but wet, humid heat of a steamy jungle. The midday sun is unforgiving, burning the skin and drenching clothes in sweat. Then in the afternoon, storms roll from the Gulf of Mexico, and amid flashes of lightning and clashes of thunder, drop copious volumes of rain. By evening, the temperature cools down to become downright pleasant, except for mosquitoes, bugs, and lizards that creep out of the jungle.
But despite all of these, tourists still troop to Florida during the summer because the sunshine state has so much more to offer apart from its eccentric weather.
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For Liz Rehnke and other Florida natives, the state’s beaches are among the best in the U.S., if not the planet. The warm weather plus the hundreds of miles of beaches attract about 60 million visitors to Florida every year. Thus, it is no wonder that Florida was named as the top destination state in 2011.
Then there are the amusement parks. Orlando, where the Walt Disney Resort World, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, and Busch Gardens are located, attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destinations in the U.S. Who can resist Mickey Mouse, Harry Potter, and Shamu?
And because Florida is a melting pot of various cultures and ethnic groups, one’s vacation can turn into a gastronomic trip for the bold and the daring.
These are just some of the things visitors can do in summer or any season for that matter in Florida. The sunshine state knows how to party, if the weather permits that is.
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