Florida’s beauty and food
I am going to travel to Florida in August. Can anyone tell me what fun places to visit in Florida?
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SomeMichGuy · M
If you are set on Miami, you'll be very close Everglades National Park; go see it while you can, as well as the keys.
If you want to see more, up the coast you can see the NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy/Canaveral.
There's also the Salvador Dalí Museum is in St. Petersburg, Florida; it has been totally rebuilt and I believe that they habe the largest Dalí collection in the world.
If you are down by the Tropic of Cancer, notice how high the Sun is at noon! (It's directly overhead there on the Summer solstice; it is never directly overhead anywhere further North.)
If you want to see more, up the coast you can see the NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral/Kennedy/Canaveral.
There's also the Salvador Dalí Museum is in St. Petersburg, Florida; it has been totally rebuilt and I believe that they habe the largest Dalí collection in the world.
If you are down by the Tropic of Cancer, notice how high the Sun is at noon! (It's directly overhead there on the Summer solstice; it is never directly overhead anywhere further North.)
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Musicman · 61-69, M
@SomeMichGuy WOW! Just WOW! Now I have to go. I would love to see a launch too.
SomeMichGuy · M
@Musicman Great!
Sorry the Shuttle program is over; the next steps in manned missions are moving forward, and SE Florida makes sense for safety and the boost which the rotational energy gives to the rocket, so there will be missions launching from FL again.
(Caveat: Spy satellites, which love polar orbits, tend to launch from Vandenberg AFB in CA...it was also the second Shuttle launch site.)
Sorry the Shuttle program is over; the next steps in manned missions are moving forward, and SE Florida makes sense for safety and the boost which the rotational energy gives to the rocket, so there will be missions launching from FL again.
(Caveat: Spy satellites, which love polar orbits, tend to launch from Vandenberg AFB in CA...it was also the second Shuttle launch site.)
SomeMichGuy · M
@Musicman Yes, but it wasn't a Shuttle launch just the other day. Night launches of *that* or the Saturn V...
SomeMichGuy · M
@Musicman Exactly! Do check the schedule!