suggestions for florida vacation??

so i'm taking a trip to florida in may... i've been before but it was always wi
th my parents and/or other relatives. can anyone give some tips on some places
to check out while i'm there? i'll be in sarasota/siesta key mainly but i have
unlimited miles on my rental car so driving a few hours isnt a big deal. i'll
be flying in and out of tampa. anything herp related/nature related etc is alw
ays high on my priorities.
any tips would be great!

I used to live in Florida--until I was 12. One of my favorite places when I was a kid was St. Augustine. It's a neat town, and St. Augustine beach is great--we used to camp there for a week-long vacation when I was a kid.

Blue Springs park is nice (but that's nowhere near where you'll be, I don't think). I went to Silver Springs, Lion Country Safari and places like that when I was MUCH younger...don't remember much about them :)

I wish I could be more help!

i went to silver springs last time i was there and loved it! thats the kind of stuff i'm looking to check out. do you know of any zoos or reptile parks in that general area?

Well, if you don't mind driving 4-5 hours, you can always hop on I-75 south and hit Everglades National Park.

Craig

Everglades all the way. the most awesome day of my life was spent there

i am in Fla.(tampa) right now...visiting family(i live in cincinnati). Busch gardens is really nice, its an amusment park...then theres universal studios and disney land and all that stuff. not sure about anything reptile related...

everglades may be a possibility if we can get my aunt to watch our baby... he's only 4mo old and i dont really want to drive all that way with him then drag him thru the glades :) but yeah, i'd love to go there.... i'm not too keen on theme parks, but busch gardens doesnt sound too bad.

gotta see the glades, if you are into field herpin, drive around there at night it is supposed to be AMAZING night herpin.
~mike

got my collapsable snake hook ready!

not really but i can probably take my regular one down....

thanks guys

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Originally Posted by kzooherpetoculturist

got my collapsable snake hook ready!

not really but i can probably take my regular one down....

thanks guys

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I just went down in Feb, i took my fullsized snake hook with me. I took and used a carboard tube to cover the handle, and unraveled another and wrapped it around the acctual hook end. then tapped around the whole tube with duct tape for a bit of strength. wrote my name on it and told the people at the front desp to be careful with it and it is more delecate than a golf club (just to make sure they didn't throw it around befor the guys in back do). Good luck!!!

~mike