Re: vacation to florida

Bring your shades, hats, and sunblock. You'll need all three.

There are many botanical places of interest. Within an hour or two of Orlando are Harry P. Leu Botanic Gardens in Orlando, Bok Tower in Lake Wales, University of South Florida Botanic Garden in Tampa, and Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota. If you get to Miami, Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Coral Gables is great. I would put all of those on a "must see" list. If you get to Sanibel, be sure to tour the Edison and Ford complex in Ft. Myers. Neither Thomas nor Henry were much into gardens, but there are some interesting plantings.

Some of the commercial "gardens"--Busch [Tampa], Epcot [Lake Buena Vista], Cypress Gardens [Winter Haven, if it's open again] and Sunken Gardens [St. Petersburg] are interesting but kind of pricey, especially if you have a bunch of kids.

Would be fun to meet up for a visit if our schedules jibe.

On Sunday, May 23, 2004, at 12:19 AM, Melody wrote:

Looks like my family and I will be heading to Florida in late July/early
August for a couple of weeks. I have a brother who lives near Orlando
with his familly and I haven't seen him since my dad died. Free lodging
at his place, so it'll be a good trip. So, what botanical places must we
not miss? I'm so fortunate that my husband and kids love this stuff as
much as I do and will have no problem dragging around to places. Jim:
we're specifically planning on a trip down to Sanibel/Captiva Islands,
so was wondering if we could pop in for a visit on our way back if
you're going to be home?


Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein

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