Let this be the season of reason.
We spoke with several people over 50 who talked up their communities as off-the-beaten-path ideas for your next vacation.
You just need to pack your curiosity, sturdy shoes and a sense of adventure.
But go ahead and bring a swimsuit, too.
Jupiter, some 90 miles north of bustlingMiami, is a laid-back beach town.
Now its a lot more accessible but still has a small-town feel.
Talk about serene: One 7-mile stretch of the river is off-limits to motorized craft.
Youre almost entirely in the shade of the grand cypress canopy, Clegg says.
But we all know that the beach is one of Floridas main draws.
Jupiter has nearly 312 miles of beaches, someADA accessibleand others dog-friendly.
At every high tide, aquamarine water floods into the Jupiter Inlet and is simply rapturous, says Clegg.
While there, check out the 108-foot-tall Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.
It includes an outdoor hospital, several aquariums and a beach from which healthy turtles return to the ocean.
The late, famed painter Walter Inglis Anderson, a preeminent 20th-century Southern artist, lived in Ocean Springs.
See his work at theWalter Anderson Museum of Art.
Were like Mayberry with culture, he says.
Mature oak and magnolia trees line the sidewalks of this charming town.
To see this sprawling tree is to experience the lush landscape of the South.
