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Go on a Gulf County Florida Adventure
Go on a Gulf County Florida Adventure
For years when I thought of Florida, I always thought first of Disney and Orlando. Of course I had three young children at the time. However now everyone is a little older and my kids have actually requested beach vacations. They just want to kick back and swim in the ocean, make a sandcastle on the beach or ride bikes around the area. This actually sounds like a pretty great vacation for me as well! So let's Go on a Gulf County Florida Adventure.
Have you ever thought about a vacation where you are away from the tourist scene? There is no traffic, no rushing, no overly expensive souvenirs, just the beautiful outdoors. If your family loves the beach and loves getting outdoors, Gulf County, Florida is the place to visit! The Gulf County Adventure Guide is just what you need to start your vacation planning!
OUR GULF COUNTY ADVENTURE
Gulf County is the ideal destination for your adventurous and outdoor loving family! Here are the adventures we would choose:
KAYAK THROUGH THE DEAD LAKES
The Dead Lakes get their name from the Cypress and Tupelo trees that stand in the water. When the water is low, you can see the stumps rising out of the swamp. It’s like nothing you’ve seen before. People don’t know what you’re talking about and then they have an “aha” moment when they paddle around the shallows in the South Flats. The stumps are so concentrated; it’s like being on another planet. If you go out early in the morning in April, the birds are all coming into nest and other critters are just showing up. The fog comes off the water. It’s very still, where you feel like you’re in the wilderness.
BIKE RIDING
We are avid bikers in our family. We love bicycling together and going on adventures. We try to take our bikes on every vacation we go on. Gulf County is the perfect place to go out bike riding on an afternoon adventure by the coast and watch the eagles flying by!
HORSEBACK RIDING
My kids have been horseback riding several times and always beg us to take them again. I have always wanted to horseback ride right along the beach and I would love to do it with my family. I can imagine watching the sunset over the ocean.
GO SNUBA DIVING
For an extra day of fun, we would love to rent a charter boat and go “snuba” diving. Since Snuba allows you to dive with air but without the tank, there is no special certification needed.
Don't you want to Go on a Gulf County Florida Adventure?
We are going to Florida for 2 months in 2016. We will be in Sarisota. I would love to go on a Gulf County Adventure.
You have no idea how much I would love to visit there. It sounds amazing.
I’d love to have an adventure in Gulf County Florida. It sounds like a very beautiful place. Hopefully I could bring my boyfriend.
I always think theme park when I think of Florida so this is a great treat. Love the photos and suggestions for things to do.
Looks like such a fun place to visit. My husband would love to open up some clams. Next vacation should be to the gulf.
I love visiting the Gulf Coast. There’s always so much to do.
Gulf County looks so beautiful! I would love to go there and go horseback riding.
Florida’s Gulf Coast is amazing. I’ve done some of these activities but never as far up as Gulf County. I hope to spend some time there some day… maybe in the summer so we can get some of those scallops!
Looks like a lot of fun and so peaceful! Must visit!
I could use a nice getaway to Florida! The views are so pretty
All of this sounds perfect. We are actually traveling to FL this year for vacation instead of the OBX.
I love Florida! The sights are gorgeous!
This looks like an amazing place for a vacation!
I have actually never been to Florida, not sure why, for some reason my travels haven’t taken me there yet. I have done international travel throughout the years for work, but have missed a lot of spots closer to home! I will have to check out gulf county when I get out there.
Looks like you had a beautiful vacation! I actually didn’t think there were that many things to enjoy in Florida outside of theme parks!
We are going to Florida in 33 days! I really want to take my girls horseback riding on the beach!
Yes please! This sounds heavenly! The photos are amazing and I’m pretty sure u would love to visit any day!
Florida is one of our favorite vacation spots, but there’s still so much I want to see. The Gulf County is next!
The pictures definitely convince me! I can’t believe I haven’t taken the family yet, and we live in florida!
All of those views look amazing. I have some friends and family down in Florida and I haven’t been able to visit in about 20 years. I’d love to see all the great coasts.
We’ve been canoeing where you go in spots full of stumps like you were talking about here. They’re a bit of a challenge to navigate around, but it is an awe-inspiring scenery. 🙂
We moved to Florida almost 3 years ago, but haven’t visited the Gulf yet. These pictures make me want to go, right now!
A beautiful place, Need to go back that way soon.
I have never heard of snuba diving. Can you tell me what it is?
This looks like a great place to visit! I would love to be sitting in the sun – still chilly in Wisconsin!
I would love to take a trip to this part of Florida. The pictures look amazing!
I love these kind of adventures, but this year we are going to Disney World. Next year, perhaps we will come back for one of these!!
the scenery looks amazing. Love that there is so much to do
I have been dying to visit this area – this is the place we think we want to move in a couple years. So beautiful! And you can’t beat the weather!
This place looks and sounds like a total blast! I’ll have to check it out!
The Gulf Coast looks like an amazing place to vacation! I love to go there soon!
The gulf coast is definitely beautiful. Great giveaway, I need to enter.
Gorgeous! We just moved to florida but with all of the unpacking and moving we haven’t got to explore very much yet but I look forward to it.
I want to go explore on bikes too! An RV would be a great way to visit gulf county.
Wish I could be there right now, how serene and beautiful those photos look! Thanks for the suggestions on things to do! I really want to try snuba diving 😀
I’m waiting for my kids to get older so we can start taking vacations like this. It looks incredible – I love out of the way places that aren’t “typical” vacation destinations
What an absolutely gorgeous place. I would love to visit there someday.
Sounds good! My kids gonna love this beach.