http://www.solotravelgirl.com Traveling alone, not lonley Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:35:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/celebrate-the-new-year-with-a-first-day-hike-in-a-state-park-near-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/celebrate-the-new-year-with-a-first-day-hike-in-a-state-park-near-you/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:03:56 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=7508 Pin itRejuvenate and connect with your inner tree-hugger on New Year’s Day by participating in a First Day Hike in a state park near you. Here in the Sunshine State, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Florida Park Service is sponsoring free, guided hikes in nine state parks on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, as...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/celebrate-the-new-year-with-a-first-day-hike-in-a-state-park-near-you/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/where-to-swim-with-dolphins-in-florida-and-see-manatees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/where-to-swim-with-dolphins-in-florida-and-see-manatees/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:59:25 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=6790 Pin itIn honor of the movie Dolphin Tale making a huge splash on the big screen, I’m re-sharing a link to an article I wrote several years ago but is still relevant, “Where to Swim with Dolphins in Florida.” I’m guessing folks who see the movie will want to swim with a dolphin during their...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/where-to-swim-with-dolphins-in-florida-and-see-manatees/feed/ 2 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/sit-in-captain-kirk%e2%80%99s-chair-now-through-october-31-2011-at-kennedy-space-center-visitor-complex-florida/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/sit-in-captain-kirk%e2%80%99s-chair-now-through-october-31-2011-at-kennedy-space-center-visitor-complex-florida/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:37:40 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=6713 Pin itIt would be illogical not to visit the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida this fall and experience Star Trek: A Fall Celebration. After all, the television series is celebrating its 45th anniversary and Florida residents can save $5 on admission! (General admission is $43 per person.) Last month I was the guest...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/sit-in-captain-kirk%e2%80%99s-chair-now-through-october-31-2011-at-kennedy-space-center-visitor-complex-florida/feed/ 2 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/smelly-sticky-and-sunburn-seeing-the-final-space-shuttle-launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/smelly-sticky-and-sunburn-seeing-the-final-space-shuttle-launch/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:36:44 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=5874 Pin itSpace shuttle Atlantis launched for a final time on July 8, 2011, from Florida’s Space Coast and in all my smelly, sticky and sunburn glory, I was there to witness the space shuttle program’s final chapter. No Frequent Guest Points Earned this Night Surprisingly, my roll aboard suitcase was quite comfortable when used as...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/smelly-sticky-and-sunburn-seeing-the-final-space-shuttle-launch/feed/ 5 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/my-astronaut-training-experience-at-kennedy-space-center-in-florida/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/my-astronaut-training-experience-at-kennedy-space-center-in-florida/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:12:41 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=5800 Pin it“Magic happens here,” NASA Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance (Ph.D.) told the Astronaut Training Experience participants during our orientation Saturday afternoon. He was referring to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [Read more about Dr. Durrance in this post.] On day three of my Chevy Tahoe Hybrid adventure the vehicle carried me to Florida’s...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/my-astronaut-training-experience-at-kennedy-space-center-in-florida/feed/ 2 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/loving-pelican-kitsch-in-gulfport-florida/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/loving-pelican-kitsch-in-gulfport-florida/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:40:46 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=5744 Pin it  “It’s kind of old Florida-ish,” the diner at the next table over told his dining companion when describing Gulfport, Florida. Some visitors to this waterfront community would probably say the funky boutique shops are their favorite amenity about Gulfport while others may say the Walter & Bert Williams Fishing Pier. Another group may...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/loving-pelican-kitsch-in-gulfport-florida/feed/ 1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/bittersweet-return-to-flamingo-lodge-in-everglades-national-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/bittersweet-return-to-flamingo-lodge-in-everglades-national-park/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 04:18:28 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=5262 Pin itStanding in the tall grass I let the wind wrap me in her arms while an osprey chirped from a tree branch above, unsure sure if the distinctive call was meant to be welcoming or a warning. What was once a place where I spent three years of my life was now reduced to...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/bittersweet-return-to-flamingo-lodge-in-everglades-national-park/feed/ 3 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/dinner-at-lone-cabbage-fish-camp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/dinner-at-lone-cabbage-fish-camp/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:47:27 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=3987 Pin itDriving along SR 520 in Cocoa, Fla., seemed less like a good idea the deeper into darkness I drove. My destination: Lone Cabbage Fish Camp on the quest for an affordable seafood dinner. I missed the turn for the restaurant because there are no street lights and couldn’t read the street sign. But, I...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/dinner-at-lone-cabbage-fish-camp/feed/ 1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-rawr-dinosaur-world-fla/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-rawr-dinosaur-world-fla/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:33:39 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=3967 Pin itWith a college degree in “rocks and dirt”, as I like to say, I have a thing for dinosaurs. Sunday I had the opportunity to visit Dinosaur World in Plant City, Fla., located between Tampa and Orlando, just off Interstate 4. If you’ve driven that way, you’ve seen the Tyrannosaurus rex standing by, attracting...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-rawr-dinosaur-world-fla/feed/ 1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/night-at-the-sarasota-opera/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/night-at-the-sarasota-opera/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:43:44 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=3218 Pin itI saw “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella) at the Sarasota Opera Wednesday night. There was no fairy godmother, no singing mice, no pumpkin-to-carriage-to-pumpkin vehicle, and no glass slipper. Yes, my cultural exposure of Cinderella prior to that evening has been the Disney version. Thankfully, the core of the animated version is much like the opera version:...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/night-at-the-sarasota-opera/feed/ 1