{"id":1726,"date":"2016-09-21T17:27:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T21:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greatflorida.com\/blog\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:59:52","slug":"enjoying-fall-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2016\/enjoying-fall-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Fall in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s fall, but you are in Florida. Despite the calendar date, when you wake up tomorrow, you will experience no\u00a0change in the weather. It is difficult to get enthusiastic about the first day of autumn when it is still 90 degrees outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida experiences a slight change of seasons,\u201d says Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s largest independent homeowners insurance<\/a> agency. \u201cFall means we can soon go outside without getting overwhelmed by the heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the season is changing, there is no need \u00a0for layered clothing despite retailers\u2019 best efforts to sell puffy vests. Not to mention, pumpkin is in every other food product but you are thinking, \u201cDo they make pumpkin flavored iced drinks?\u201d<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Fall Festivals<\/a>-Food, wine and beer, music and art festivals are happening every weekend throughout the state in the fall.<\/p>\n

Fall foliage- North and central Florida\u00a0boasts fall foliage\u00a0around 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:<\/p>\n

Torreya State Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail<\/a><\/p>\n

Edward Ball Walkulla Springs State Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Boost curb appeal. Rake up a few leaves, collect pine cones from your yard and decorate your front door<\/a><\/p>\n

Grab some local produce and other products from an area farmer\u2019s market.<\/p>\n

Camping<\/a><\/p>\n

Apple picking<\/a>\u2013 Yes in Florida.<\/p>\n

Go for a hay ride<\/p>\n

Get lost at a corn maze<\/p>\n

Visit a pumpkin patch<\/p>\n

Hiking<\/a><\/p>\n

Football Games-There is\u00a0no problem finding high school, college and pro games throughout the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most anticipated moments in Florida is when windows are\u00a0opened in the house,\u201d reminds Buck with GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s leading independent homeowners insurance agency<\/a>. \u201cRemember to adjust your thermostat appropriately to save on energy costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it\u00a0will cool off and when winter arrives, there is no place like Florida.<\/p>\n

GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> offers the best rates on homeowners insurance<\/a>for personal property and liability coverage<\/a> for your home. Give us a call today!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s fall, but you are in Florida. Despite the calendar date, when you wake up tomorrow, you will experience no\u00a0change in the weather. It is difficult to get enthusiastic about the first day of autumn when it is still 90 degrees outside. \u201cFlorida experiences a slight change of seasons,\u201d says Dustyn Shroff, Vice President of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":1744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-homeowners-insurance","8":"category-renters-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13886,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions\/13886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}