Florida has it all, beautiful forests, outstanding beaches, fabulous seafood, and tropical storms and hurricanes! One day we hiked thru Hillsborough State Park wandering dense covered trails along a set of rapids. Another day was spent in Tarpon Springs, where Greek sponge divers settled in the early 1900s. Now it’s a true tourist stop filled with Greek food, sponges of all shapes and sizes, many other trinket shops, and boat tours. The next day, we returned to Ybor City to tour the Tabanero Cigar store where they make some of the finest hand rolled cigars. One of our last expeditions here was out to Sand Key in St Petersburg. Most Florida beaches are white sand covered with sea shells. In the distance, though, was the ominous clouds of tropical storm Eta, which brought us gusty winds and inches of rain.