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Send us your Florida questions! Jason Garcia joins the podcast to talk about the real cost of Amendment Three passing. Links We Mentioned Seeking Rents  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Mark Barrow joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Gator!, available now.  Links We Mentioned Urban Legend of the Mini-Lights Mark's Substack: Wild History Alligator and Alligator Alcatraz Mark's Places To Gator-Watch Safely Myakka River State Park (drive to the bridge) Payne's Prairie State Preserve State Park  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Inspired by the cooler weather — well, cooler for Florida! — Rick and Cathy talk about Florida's passionate college football scene.  Links We Mentioned Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fearsome Creatures of Florida University of Tampa football (historic) Rick and Cathy's Top Five Favorite Florida Sports Things Tom Petty played at UF games between 3rd and 4th quarterFSU's partnership with the Seminole Tribe of FloridaUCF Space WeekReitz UnionUSF Tampa architectureHonorary least-favorite Florida college sports thing: New College's Mighty Banyans Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Steve Barlow, a former US Fish and Wildlife Services wildlife biologist pilot and co-host Palm and Pine podcast, joins the podcast to talk about one of the least-known Florida critters. Links We Mentioned Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen Florida salt marsh vole Florida bonneted bat Podcast about fossils near Suwannee Steve-Approved Bat House Want a bat house Steve built? Reach out to him at [email protected] or buy one here. Support the Palm and Pine on Patreon. Top Places To See Bats and Bat Houses in Florida Micanopy Post Office and ballfields Water Works Park in Tampa Newberry Road, west of Jonesville, at West End Animal Hospital University of Florida bat houses Image courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Ryan Worthington grew up in Florida's State Parks and loves Florida's wild spaces. And he's the subject of an FWC investigation — but no one will tell him why. Links We Mentioned Craig Pittman's reporting on the secret investigation  Ryan Worthington on Instagram Ryan's Top Five Things To Do in and Near Green Cove Springs Ocala National Forest — Salt Springs, Alexander Springs, Juniper Springs, Silver Glen Springs and othersSpring Park in Green Cove SpringsPayne's Prairie Preserve State Park — Rim Ramble Saturdays at 10 a.m. in cooler monthsBig Talbot Island State ParkSafe Harbor Seafood (Take the ferry)Odd Todd's Tacos in Salt Springs Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Jen Bannan, author of Tamiami Trail: Miami Stories, joins the podcast to talk about her book, Miami, and the Taimiami Trail. Links We Mentioned Jen Bannan's website Monroe Station Buy Tamiami Trail: Miami Stories Support the podcast! Five Things To Do in Miami that are Less "Miami" Everglades National Park The Pit BBQ Vizcaya La Carreta Calle Ocho Coral Gables Miracle Mile The Biltmore Crandon Park  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Rick and Cathy talk about what it costs to live in paradise, whether they'd do it all over again, and what Florida's "brand" is. Links We Mentioned Scott Maxwell's column in the Orlando Sentinel (note: this link is behind a paywall) Nine Nations of North America  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Doctor Tom Hoctor joins the podcast to talk about the Florida Wildlife Corridor's origins, how money flows to conservation lands, and how people can learn more. Then they talk Florida birds and birding. Links We Mentioned Florida Wildlife Corridor Florida Ecological Greenways Network Florida Forever Center for Landscape and Conservation Planning Hub for the maps at Center for Landscape and Conservation Planning Wild Waters at The Harn  Tom's Top Five Birds to See in Florida Florida scrub jay Painted buntings Swallow-tailed kites Limpkin Tom's Nemesis Bird: Mangrove cuckoo Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Rick and Cathy meet fans and talk roadside Florida attractions at FloridaRAMA, one of the most interesting pro-natural-Florida, immersive art experience in Florida. (About that episode art: Do not ever feed a monkey. Do not ever pet a monkey. Do not ever attempt to interact in any way with any monkey.)  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Links We Mentioned Palm Harbor Museum Wall Springs County Park Palm Harbor Library Detour Charters Presnell's RV Hurricanes.gov Mike's Weather Page Stephanie Stuckey Okahumpka Service Plaza  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Angela Sayre brings crabs to the podcast! She's with Crustacean Plantation and wants to encourage people to "leave the shell — take the memory when you visit the Florida Keys (or any coastal community). Links We Mentioned Crustacean Plantation An example of a "broken home" for a hermit crab Cynthia Barnett's Sound of the Sea Jonathan Livingston Hermit Crab YouTube live feed of hermit crabs Things to Do in the Upper Florida Keys/Tavernier Harry Harris ParkDive Bar on the BayFlorida Keys Wild Bird Center — look for the hermit crab tank!Old Tav (ask for the pizza — it's not on the menu — they do a fantastic spinach, bacon, and mushroom)Dive MuseumDry Tortugas National Park  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Cozy mystery author Lucy Burdette joins the podcast to talk about her Key West Food Critic Mysteries, her favorite places in Key West, and yes, how she figures out how and where to kill people.  Don't forget — Orange Blossom podcast members have their members-only t-shirt, created by Rick and printed by Yaint Local in production. We need your size! Links We Mentioned Key West Food Critic Mysteries Golf Lovers Mysteries (Roberta Isleib, aka Lucy Burdette) Advice Column Mysteries (Roberta Isleib, aka Lucy Burdette) More Florida writers at the Florida chapter of Mystery Writers of America Azur restaurant in Key West David Sloan Bum Farto Lucy Burdette's Favorite Things To Do in Key West Lucy's blog post about this very thing! Truman Little White House Latitudes sunset dining on a small island off the coast of Key West (take their boat out to the island ) Cuban sandwiches at Cuban Coffee Queen Books and Books Key West (Judy Blume's bookstore) Key West Island Books Seven Fish Louie's Backyard Hemingway House Robert the Doll DJ's Clam Shack (but, Lucy cautions, only if you want fried conch) [https://www..cityofkeywest-fl.gov/819/Historic-Key-West-City-Cemetery]Key West Cemetery  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! While Cathy's camping lagoon-side in Brevard County, she and Rick talk about what they love about the Indian River Lagoon area and things to do while you're in town. Links We Mentioned Indian River Lagoon Did Ponce de León land in Melbourne instead of St. Augustine? Ponce de León and other myths Columbus' voyage map Florida Historical Society Kayak with giraffes at the Brevard Zoo Bioluminescence Jonathan Dickinson's God's Protecting Providence Highwaymen Museum Top Five (OK, Top Many) Things To Do Near the Indian River Lagoon Melbourne Melbourne Beach Supermarket Long Point Campground Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge (Turtles!) Long Doggers (Hot dogs and more — and gluten free buns!) Backwater (Make your own pancakes) Indian River Roadside Citrus Space Coast Dixie Crossroads Siam Orchid I Dream of Jeanne at Lori Wilson Park Black Point Wildlife Drive   Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Stephen Cabebe, of Fit for the Magic, joins the podcast to talk about how to enjoy Florida's natural spaces without withering in the heat — even in the summer months. Stephen's Top Five Disney-Adjacent Things To Do Paddle the canals in Winter Park (Dinky Dock) West Orange Trail (And Cathy's travel article about Oakland Nature Preserve along the trail) Rock Springs at Kelly Park Horizon West Regional Park Poke Hana Mills 50 District (Mills Market) Links We Mentioned Fit2Run Robinson Preserve Fort De Soto Veggie Garden Sampaguita Flatlands Bar & Grill  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!

Send us your Florida questions! Rick and Cathy talk about Florida mystery writers. Curl up with your next summer read after listening! Links We Mentioned Race of the Gazelles Striptease (also a book; this links to info about the film) Carl Hiaasen (website has links to Striptease, Tourist Season, Squeeze Me, and Stormy Weather) Cathy's 2017 interview with Carl Hiaasen Randy Wayne White (website has link to Dark Light) John D. MacDonald (not John D. MacArthur!) Condominium Tim Dorsey and Serge Storms books Travis McGee movie Lucy Burdette Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook Tara Lush Carol Perry Kristen Arnett podcast episode Tara Lush podcast episode about Florida cozies and another about her haunted mysteries Book cover via Tara Lush; used with permission. Support the show Question or comment? Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Keep up with Rick at studiohourglass.blogspot.com and get his books at rickkilby.com. Find Cathy on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy and everywhere else as @CathySalustri; connect with Rick Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Bluesky (@oldfla.bsky.social), and IG (@ricklebee). NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!