No comments about The Unofficial Guide to South Florida including Miami & the Keys (Unofficial Guides).

1 comments about The Florida Trail: The Official Hiking Guide.

1. Sandra Friend writes the best books about the Florida Trail.
   Excellent resource.

No comments about Roadside Florida: The Definitive Guide to the Kingdom of Kitsch.

4 comments about The Palm Spring Diner's Bible: A Restaurant Guide for Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Bermuda Dunes, Indio, and Desert Hot Springs.

1. the most comprehensive guide in the desert, I especially liked the not recommended restaurants. rarely do you see a guide that dares to do that. It is obvious that this book is not advertiser driven and can tell the truth. Excellent!



2. I have been caught in the desert many times and now will never starve.
   
   Cannot say enough positive things about this text. The only change I would ever dream of making is perhaps including a thermos.
   
   Bret L. Thompson



3. Like the actual Bible according to Mark, Luke & John, this `Diner's Bible' is up to the same scrutiny and up to your own interpretation. Don't count on YOU receiving the same service and quality of food as this author. And, do not count out some of the other fine restaurants in the Palm Desert area out! - Like Bing Crosby's in Rancho Mirage. This restaurant deserves a 4 star rating for the food and ambiance, YET, this author does not even include it in his book and then goes off and rates BLEND in La Quinta with a 4 stars and it is not that at all. My husband and I went there to celebrate our special 40th wedding anniversary because we trusted in this Diner's Bible. It was not at all how the author described it. Service was awful with no acknowledgment for our anniversary; the waiter did not know the menu's food or wine and he kept us waiting for over 20 minutes (after the plates were cleared) before we flagged down another waiter to ask for our bill. We spent over $200 for two and would have gotten better service at MacDonald's. Sad for the chef because the food was great but won't go there again and told our friends about the bad service. The bad service left a bad taste in our month.



4. Being a local resident of the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs), I found this book to be very accurate on the reviews given. However, I was a little surprised it didn't include some of the well known old-time restaurants (Riccios, Albertos).

2 comments about Day Trips from Orlando, 2nd (Day Trips Series).

1. If you don't fall in love with the cute and charming little girl in the photo on the cover you will enjoy what's inside, a guide to great places to visit and fun things to do that are beyond the expected theme park experience in Orlando.
   
   Taking the points of the compass this book offers ten day trips that will take you as far as St. Augustine to see what else the center of Florida has to offer the visitor or resident with an itch to wander. Janet and Gordon Groene have traveled these roads before you and will take you there with just enough commentary to make the journey interesting. There is a good introductory chapter on travel tips--things that you should have thought about but haven't but no matter the authors have done that for you. From there, the day trips await. And truly there is more than one day's worth of things to do in each of them, so you can pick and choose based on what sounds appealing to you and your fellow travelers.
   
   Each trip also gives some hints about where to stay and where to eat along the way.
   
   Some people are under the impression that there is not much "there there" beyond the theme parks. But the reality of Central Florida is there is way more to do than time to do it in. You could spend an entire year in the Orlando area eating in a different restaurant each night and you would have only begun to scratch the surface. And some of those "hidden" eateries are included in this guidebook. The maps are clear and easy to read as is the typeface.
   
   Happy wandering!



2. I purchased the book as a gift to my boys' grandparents who moved to Florida last year. They have had a grand time investigating some of the day trips.

2 comments about The Young Naturalist's Guide to Florida.

1. My family really enjoyed this book because we learned more about what we see every day here in Florida. Since I am not a Florida native, I often had a hard time helping my young naturalists identify the plants and "creatures" they saw on our outings. This book has really helped! It covers a wide spectrum of topics: from weather patterns to Florida habitats to Florida endangered species. It also covered each (Florida) geographic region separately, and provided some interesting history too. I highly recommend this book!



2. This is a very helpful and well written guide to introducing Florida nature to young children.
   
   General Topics include:
   -Florida's symbols
   -Keeping a nature journal
   -Florida's special places (everglades, salt marshes etc.)
   -Flora and Fauna (plants, birds, insects, reptiles, exotics etc.)
   -Florida's skies
   -your part in Florida's future (careers, spaceship earth crew etc.)
   
   Within each section you will find interesting facts and useful information (complete with clear illustrations), websites you can visit for more info, projects to do with children pertaining to that subject/section, and review of vocabulary words from that section.
   
   Floridians will appreciate the opportunity to learn more about the nature around us that we often overlook, while Florida homeschoolers will be excited to have an extensive field trip lesson plan right at their fingertips!
   
   This book is a find! I highly recommend it.

1 comments about Insiders' Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West, 11th (Insiders' Guide Series).

1. This is the 11th edition of this book on all info that is the Florida Keys and the glorious Key West. I have the 10th edition and only out of laziness did not return this one.
   
   I frequent Key West often and many changes that have taken place there at guesthouses or restaurants are not documented in the least. The book is basically a word for word of the last edition. One restaurant moved locations over a year ago and they still have it as listed at the old location.
   
   Key West is a beautiful, eccentric place and all walks of life mingle together here in a virtual paradise. It is very liberal and the authors are definitely very conservative. The reviews are definitely written with their bias.
   
   As an average overview of restaurants, lodgings, shopping and history the book is ok and I would review it as such but when I know of changes that are very clear if in Key West and they aren't here - then I must reflect the laziness of the author in this review.
   
   She supposedly lives in Key West and it seems she only noticed the changes in places she frequents. This book is not an excellent overview for all.
   
   There are other and better books. Also, if you have a previous edition then definitely think twice before buying this one.

1 comments about Family Fun on Florida's First Coast Including Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Orange Park, and Amelia Island.

1. When we moved to Jacksonville with our two children a new neighbor gave this to us as a gift. What a great book!! It lists everything you could ever want to do with children. This book could keep you bust the whole year! A MUST buy for anyone new OR old to the area!

No comments about Chasing the Horizon.

2 comments about Oddball Florida: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places (Oddball series).

1. I live in Florida, so was very curious about this book. I found it to be very good. If you are the type of traveler to get off the Interstate and Turnpike because it all looks the same to you, then you need this book!



2. We as snowbirds travel to florida each winter, this books is full of info of places we visited that now after reading it, we must revisit some of those places. "Great Book full of info"
   DWS