It’s fall, but you are in Florida. Despite the calendar date, when you wake up tomorrow, you will experience no change in the weather. It is difficult to get enthusiastic about the first day of autumn when it is still 90 degrees outside.
“Florida experiences a slight change of seasons,” says Dustyn Shroff, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida’s largest independent homeowners insurance agency. “Fall means we can soon go outside without getting overwhelmed by the heat.”
While the season is changing, there is no need for layered clothing despite retailers’ best efforts to sell puffy vests. Not to mention, pumpkin is in every other food product but you are thinking, “Do they make pumpkin flavored iced drinks?”
In spite of a slow start to cooler temperatures, rest assured they are coming. Fall in Florida is the best time to enjoy outside activities and there is no shortage of them. Listed below are some ideas to get the family out of the house and celebrating a new season.
Fall Festivals-Food, wine and beer, music and art festivals are happening every weekend throughout the state in the fall.
Fall foliage- North and central Florida boasts fall foliage around the first week in November. The colored leaves will certainly put you in the mood for fall and is worth the drive to one of these parks:
Edward Ball Walkulla Springs State Park
Boost curb appeal. Rake up a few leaves, collect pine cones from your yard and decorate your front door
Grab some local produce and other products from an area farmer’s market.
Apple picking– Yes in Florida.
Go for a hay ride
Get lost at a corn maze
Visit a pumpkin patch
Football Games-There is no problem finding high school, college and pro games throughout the state.
“One of the most anticipated moments in Florida is when windows are opened in the house,” reminds Buck with GreatFlorida Insurance, Florida’s leading independent homeowners insurance agency. “Remember to adjust your thermostat appropriately to save on energy costs.”
Ultimately, it will cool off and when winter arrives, there is no place like Florida.
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