Indian River Blog

Grant, FL - The 43nd Annual Grant Seafood Festival has become the largest and longest running seafood festival in the Southeast and draws huge crowd every year with as many as 50,000 people for this two day event.

This year’s festival will be held February 28 - March 1, 2008 from 10 am - 7 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 5 pm. The festival features free admission, free parking, over 100 craft exhibits, continuous live entertainment, along with a menu of delicious seafood.

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By Kirby Collins

I’m happy to unveil my new blog, the Florida PhotoBlog with many unpublished photos I’ve taken over the years. Almost all of the photos at Florida PhotoBlog are available for use on your website or blog under the Creative Commons License with Attribution and are hosted on flickr.

I have many photos of Vero Beach, Sebastian Inlet and Indian River County. The photos range from beach scenes to wildlife and are high resolution with sizes up to 1000 X 750. For more view the Licensing Guidelines.

This is the best time of year in Florida, many complain of the heat but you can tell they’re not beach lovers because if so, they would agree. July and August is when the seas lay flat and the water is clear.

That’s another reason Sebastian Inlet is so popular this time of year, the water is as clear now as it gets this far north, and snorkeling is very popular at Sebastian Inlet State Park.

Fishing is also good for summertime species like mangrove snapper and snook, however snook must be released until September.

Other activities at Sebastian Inlet include swimming, surfing and exploring.

Florida Wildlife

Birding in Florida

Florida Ecotourism is growing and the Florida Wildlife image gallery features many of the common animals you’d most likely encounter. Florida Geotourism is growing Florida has the greatest places to view nature with many state and local parks and birding trails.

The Florida Travel News also featured Birding in Florida, an image gallery that has many of Florida’s most common birds. Many of the bird pictures were taken at the Viera Wetlands near Melbourne FL.