Everyday Adventures (Paperback)

Name: Everyday Adventures (Paperback)
Author: Terry Tomalin
ISBN: 9780976055563

Terry Tomalin

Language: English

Published by Seaside Publishing, Saint Petersburg, FL, 2012

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Paperback. Introducing. . .Everyday Adventures: A Florida Outdoors Guide. Intro and foreword by Tampa Bay Times Sports and Outdoors Editors Jack Sheppard and Terry Tomalin. Book design by Nikki Life. There are endless books about Florida adventures, but none as comprehensive and far-reaching as this gem. Presented here is your chance to escape the humdrum. And no doubt, Everyday Adventures will have you holding on to your hat. Everyday Adventures details 80 adventures, each with its own endearing anecdote. Tomalins inside scoop approach is a cool blend of friendly advice with a travel guides proficiency. This handy manual has it all, covering outdoors classics like fishing for Snook to more pioneering sports like stand-up paddle boarding. You will learn how much water to bring on your hike, what gear is essential, but also how to do it with panache. You will not be left behind if you go by this guide. Not only will you learn how to make these adventures your own; your knowledge of the Florida landscape will expand with Tomalins expertise. Everyday Adventures encourages you to broaden your horizons. Your search for adventure can lead you anywhere. Whether its a hunt for gators, or a zip-line through Floridas token palmetto scrub, this book excited a broad audience. It is full of advice for beginners to enthusiasts. So, whether a seasoned professional, Florida native, or anyone seeking temporary solace in the states welcoming sun, one cannot escape the lure of Everyday Adventures. With an unparalleled respect of the outdoors, Tomalin often encourages the reader with his adopted mantra: Take only photographs; leave only footprints. With many a nod towards conservation efforts, you will learn to fish or camp with informed responsibility. This book is all-inclusive. Spoken with the true spirit of a father, Tomalin even side notes the importance of an authentic ghost story and the inventive ways to share a smore. You can gain your bearings with your children in tow. Ultimately, Tomalins innovative and free spirit exposes the outdoors for what it truly is: Enthralling, expansive, and accessible. Often spoken with a cheeky grin, Tomalins book makes the outdoors feel like home sweet home. There are endless books about Florida adventures, but none as comprehensive and far-reaching as this gem. Presented here is your chance to escape the humdrum. Everyday Adventures details 80 adventures, each with its own endearing anecdote. Tomalins inside scoop approach is a cool blend of friendly advice with a travel guides proficiency. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title: Everyday Adventures (Paperback)
Author: Terry Tomalin
Publisher: Seaside Publishing, Saint Petersburg, FL
Publication year: 2012
Condition: new
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0976055562
ISBN 13: 9780976055563

About the Author

The eighth of nine children, Terry Tomalin went on his first camping trip in the Adirondack Mountains of New York when he was six months old.His father, an advertising executive on Madison Avenue, loved the woods.So every summer, he would gather up his children and head to the wilderness.The family lived next to a 50-acre green space in suburban New Jersey, so the young Tomalin grew up building forts and climbing trees. His parents often worried about their son, who thought he was Tarzan, running through the woods in his underwear with a homemade spear.On the weekends he and his brother and sisters would head to a family cabin in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains where he learned to fish, follow game trails and tell one wicked ghost story.

During the summers, his father, known to friends and families as Les of the Woods, would head to the wilds of Maine, sometimes for three weeks at a time. Though raised in the North Woods, Tomalin longed to see The Tropics. In 1980, at age 19, he packed his scuba and fishing gear in his pickup truck and headed to Florida. While a student at the University of South Florida, he spent many a day and night in swamps surrounding the Hillsborough River, where he learned first hand about alligators, wild boar and the elusive Florida panther.

After graduation, Tomalin backpacked through Europe then returned to the Sunshine State to work for several small newspapers before joining the St. Petersburg Times in 1986. Tomalin worked the police beat for 18 months until he had saved enough money to head to New Zealand and Australia to hike, camp and flyfish.He returned a year later and after a brief stint covering government, because the Outdoors Editor.

Over the years, he has scuba dived the water-filled caves of North Florida, paddled a kayak from Georgia to the Florida Keys and crossed the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas in an outrigger canoe.

He has also been swimming with sharks, bungee jumping from bridges, skydiving from airplanes and surfing in hurricanes. An avid traveler, Tomalin has explored Mayan ruins in Mexico and lived with witch doctors in the Amazon.These days, the father of two spends most of his time leading his Cub Scout Pack on camping trips and recreating historic journeys in indigenous watercraft. Tomalin has a masters in Florid Studies from the University of South Florida and is a fellow of the prestigious Explorers Club in New York City.

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