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Great drives: new $330 million road across Florida Keys is green, safe and scenic

A new $330 million road connecting the South Florida mainland with the Florida Keys is finished, with built-in safety and environmental features to make drivers, local wildlife and conservationists happy.

Florida Keys Highway 1 is scenic, safe and enviroronmentally friendly

Marker at the southenmost point in the US, in Key West

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Florida Travel Bargains Now in Palm Beach, Boca Raton

Labor Day through Thanksgiving is a great time to visit Palm Beach and Boca Raton.  Temperatures are in the 70s and 80s, and hotels and airlines have great pre-holiday budget travel deals. Here are some  special offers and events to entice you to visit  Florida’s Palm Beaches and Boca Raton:

Boca Raton Resort & Club, The Waldorf Astoria Collection – Receive up to $100 in resort credits,  plus a complimentary one-night certificate for a future stay.  Offer valid through Dec. 22, 2010.

• Delray Beach Marriott – Spoil yourself with a spa package, including deluxe accommodations and spa treatment at n Spa.  Rates start at $249 per night.

• Embassy Suites Palm Beach Gardens – For as little as $119, stay the night, tour the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and adopt a turtle (no worries, the turtle stays at the Center).

• Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach – Enjoy the third night free with rates starting at $216.67 per night.

• Jupiter Kayak Tours – Try Kayoga – morning kayak and yoga at Riverbend Park.

• Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens – A new exhibit beginning Nov. 2 features one of the last great Japanese ukiyo-e print designers.

Norton Museum of Art – Visit one of the major art museums in the southeast, with a current Van Gogh exhibit, and one of my favorite pieces of art anywhere, a huge glass seascape sculpture by the glass artist Dale Chihuly, plus events with music.

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18 Beaches the BP Oil Spill May Ruin Forever

Oil soaked wave

The newsletter Business Insider has identified 18 beaches Gulf Coast beaches that may never recover from the ecological disaster of the BP oil spill.  Here are the five most endangered beaches, with photos that are even more upsetting than the oil soaked wave shown here  –

Worst hit is Plaquemines [...]

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