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Florida

Beaches, mangrove forests, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Disney's Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios, St. Augustine, Kennedy Space Center, Miami, Everglades and the Keys

By Ellen

May 24^th, 2010

Fort Myers Beach

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Sanibel Island and Fort Desoto

Our rental Ford Mustangat the J.N. Ding Darling National Park on Sanibel Island, the view from our room at Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites andFort Desoto,named America’s top beach for 2009 by TripAdvisor.

Clearwater

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

Launch of STS-132 viewed from Titusville.

Disney’s Magic Kingdom

Main Street USA, the breathtaking Cinderella Castle, Minnie’s Country House and Donald Duck in one of the parades.

SpectroMagic Parade

Main Street and Castle by night. Mickey and his crystal ball.

Universal Orlando

Islands of Adventure, Incredible Hulk Roller Coaster, Jurrassic Park, Universal Studios, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Terminator and fried shrimp at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, named after the Forrest Gump movie’s main characters Benjamin Buford ‘Bubba’ Blue and Forrest Gump.

St. Augustine

Founded in 1565, it is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city and the oldest port in the United States.

1955 Chrysler 300, Lightner Museum and City Hall, Basilica of St. Augustine and the oldest wood schoolhouse in the United States.

Kennedy Space Center

Rocket Garden, F-1 engines on the the Saturn V rocket, Apollo command module, an EVA Training Glove, used by astronaut Buzz Aldrin to train for the Apollo 11 moon landing in1969, and a full-scale replica of Space Shuttle Explorer.