North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer’s Guide The third – and most anticipated - in a series of three travel guides covering the state’s natural and cultural attractions, hometown eateries, and just plain genuine experiences, North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer’s Guide provides in-depth coverage of an often-overlooked part of Florida … and my favorite place. I’ve always felt that North Florida and the Panhandle were Florida’s best-kept secret, where you can still swim in a spring and hear the frogs croaking from the shore, search for waterfalls along rugged tributaries, glide down a crystalline stream on an inner tube, and in general, have yourself a great time. North Florida feels like the Old South, and it’s never more evident in towns like White Springs, Madison, Marianna, and Milton, places that retain vital historic downtowns where people still go to work and sip a cup of coffee. The genteel Old South remains intact: you’ll hear a lot of “yes, m’am” and “no, sir” up here, where live oaks and magnolias thrive and rolling acres of cotton and wheat dance off into the distance. The Panhandle is a place of natural wonder, where rugged clay cliffs rise high above clear sand-bottomed rivers, where rhododendron, azalea, and mountain laurel bloom in profusion along streams that seem straight out of the Appalachians, where columbine and trillium add splashes of color to rugged limestone slopes, where vast savannas of pitcher plants shake their draping lemon-yellow blooms in an April breeze. Welcome to the best that Florida has to offer. Slow down and savor the views. North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer’s Guide ISBN 978-0-88150-765-2 The Countryman Press 2006, $19.95 softcover 398 pages, b&w photos www.genuineflorida.com CONTENTS The Atlantic Coast 01 Jacksonville 2 Nassau County 03 St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, & The Beaches 04 Flagler County 05 St. Johns River Original Florida 06 Alachua And The Historic Lake District 07 The Lower Suwannee 08 The Big Bend 09 The Upper Suwannee Eastern Panhandle 10 Capital Region 11 Apalachicola Region Central Panhandle 12 Panama City 13 Beaches Of South Walton Western Panhandle 14 Fort Walton-Destin 14 Santa Rosa County 15 Pensacola Index   Next >