Florida Spectacular
Take a weekly trip across Florida with authors Cathy Salustri and Rick Kilby and discover a side of Florida you never knew existed. From the scallops in Panhandle bays to the Hemingway cats in Key West, every week's a Florida adventure.
Florida Spectacular
Episode 166: Tin Can Tourists, Lance Campers, and Florida State Parks
Send us your Florida questions!
Campers, listen up! From Tin Can Tourist to air conditioned cabins, Florida's a camper's paradise. Rick and Cathy talk about the origins of Tin Can tourists in Tampa, which state parks have the best camping, and how to camp in comfort at them.
Links We Mentioned
Desoto Park in Tampa
Tin Can Tourist websites
Photo by Britt Fuller/public domain
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