Florida Spectacular

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Jason Garcia joins the podcast to talk about the real cost of Amendment Three passing.

Links We Mentioned

Seeking Rents 

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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).

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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 

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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).

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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

1. Tom Petty played at UF games between 3rd and 4th quarter
2. FSU's partnership with the Seminole Tribe of Florida
3. UCF Space Week
4. Reitz Union
5. USF Tampa architecture

Honorary least-favorite Florida college sports thing: New College's Mighty Banyans

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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).

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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

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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).

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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

1. Ocala National Forest — Salt Springs, Alexander Springs, Juniper Springs, Silver Glen Springs and others
2. Spring Park in Green Cove Springs
3. Payne's Prairie Preserve State Park — Rim Ramble Saturdays at 10 a.m. in cooler months
4. Big Talbot Island State Park
5. Safe Harbor Seafood (Take the ferry)
6. Odd Todd's Tacos in Salt Springs

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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).

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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

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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 

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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).

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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!

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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).

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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!