Floridalust

Florida + wanderlust
noun | desire to travel in Florida
Tampa, FL

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Florida + wanderlust
flôrʹ-ĭ-dəˌləst | noun | desire to travel in Florida
Ohioan wandering the Sunshine State
Tampa, FL

03/17/2024

4 palm trees = a Florida 4 leaf clover 🍀🌴 Happy St. Patrick's day, Floridalust Fam!
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02/14/2024

The beach is my Valentine 💙🐚
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02/02/2024

Hello February 💖
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01/27/2024

Happy Gasparilla 🏴‍☠️🦜☠️📿
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01/26/2024

Floridalust Friday + Gasparilla 🌴🏴‍☠️ The first Gasparilla parade was held in May 1904 and was inspired by the legend of pirate José Gaspar and elements of New Orleans Mardi Gras/Carnival. The idea was to give Tampa’s May Day festival a new theme tied to local legend and lore.

Early Gasparilla "invasions" were conducted on horseback or early automobiles, and the parade route at one point ended at the old Florida State Fairgrounds at Plant Field. The first invasion featuring a ship was in 1911, and the José Gasparilla ship that we all know and love today was commissioned in the 1950s and has led the invasion since 1954. It is the world’s only fully-rigged pirate ship 📿🦜
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01/25/2024

Tropical Thursday vibes ✌🏻💙🌴 anyone recognize these trees? There's a very particular spot you can see them along US-1!
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simplejoys

01/24/2024

Tuesday Blues-day 💙🌊
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01/21/2024

Sunrise Sunday ✨️ this stunner is from back in November when I was over on the East Coast. I don't get over there all that much, but it's always a treat to start the day with a stunner of a sunrise. Are you team sunrise or sunset?
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01/19/2024

Floridalust Friday 🌴 🏴‍☠️ The Gasparilla Pirate Fest is held in Tampa every year at the end of January - this weekend is the children's parade, next weekend is the main parade and invasion 📿 but who is this festival's namesake?

Though the pirate José Gaspar (nickname Gasparilla) is a popular figure in Florida folklore, there is no evidence that he actually existed. Legend says he terrorized the Gulf of Mexico for many years from his base in southwest Florida amassing a huge fortune that remains undiscovered, aboard his ship the Floriblanca.

The first written account of José Gaspar was from a promotional brochure in the early 1900s advertising for Henry B. Plant’s Boca Grand Hotel in Charlotte Harbor near Gasparilla Island - the author later admitted this tale was completely made up. Subsequent retellings of the Gaspar legend are based on this story, including the accidental inclusion of José Gaspar in a 1923 book on real pirates, which has caused ongoing confusion about his historical authenticity.
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01/18/2024

Tropical Thursday vibes ✌🏻💙🌴 my favorite part is the 🦋 that snuck in there!
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