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If you want something fun to do outdoors, going to a spring can be fun. They're all over the state, very cheap, and usually not very crowded. They can sometimes be off the beaten path, though.
Hitchhiking down the Florida Keys is easy and you can always use the local buses to get all the way down to Key West(but see below regarding relevant laws in Monroe County). Hitching back up north proves more difficult. Good time to go is when Fantasy Fest is happening, a week-long street party in October, I found this celebration to be better than Mardi Gras!
-samson
=== Local Laws ===
In [[Monroe County]] (which comprises the Florida Keys - Key Largo, Marathon and , [[Key West]] and everywhere in between) hitchhiking is illegal and the Monroe County Sheriff are pretty harsh on this. You're likely to get a ride before you get caught, but be aware of the risk.
The [[Monroe County]] law states:
*Everglades National Park 4.31 has not been amended here, so hitchhiking is prohibited.
**It is unclear whether this is actually enforced. Concessions staff have no problem with it, and one Hitchwiki member has hitchiked throughout the southern Everglades (Flamingo to Royal Palms and many spots between) without ever seeing a law enforcement patrol. Wait time was usually about half an hour, or much shorter if the cars were being driven by people the hitchhiker had already met at the viewpoints, on the trails, etc. Alternatively, you should be able to easily and legally get rides from one spot in the park to the next just by chatting up other tourists until someone offers you one.
*Big Cypress National Preserve 4.31 has not been amended here, so hitchhiking is prohibited.
* [[Tampa]]
==routesRoutes == ==={{US-I-|75 }}===
This highway is great for finding traffic between Tampa and Atlanta. Police (with the exception of Gainesville area) are not too much of an issue if you're not too conspicuous and may even give you a ride. Ask in gas stations. If you speak some Spanish, Mexican immigrants are often friendly, more willing to take you, and drive further. Be careful not to get swept into 275 if you want to continue past Tampa. South of Tampa most traffic is going to Sarasota or Naples. It can be difficult to find your way north from here.
At truck stops, most of the truckers I talked to said they couldn't give me a ride because of company policy (something I hadn't encountered in other states). Regular drivers were friendly enough and I got a ride from Tallahassee to Jacksonville pretty quickly. As in other states, drivers told me that they only gave me a ride because I was a young woman traveling alone. -Liz, December 2017
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