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| For those who live in frostbitten lands, Florida takes on a mythical stature. Long before their
first visit to the state, vacationers are regaled with tales of its warm sun, exotic creatures
and golden beaches. When they actually visit Florida, visitors tend to find that these ideas are
oversimplified. Golden sand indeed beckons, but there are also mangrove thickets, barren coral
islands and reedy estuaries. In the middle of the state, Orlando stands as the undisputed capital
of the theme park world. Along the Atlantic coast, Miami simmers with Caribbean and Latin American
flair, and sights such as alligators in the Everglades and the space shuttle at the Kennedy Space
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| Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River. The almost 9 million citizens of "The
Peach State" live close to the major cities, so visitors passing through
the wide-open spaces between cities may wonder if the population number is a misprint. These rural
areas offer a tremendous variety of outdoor activities for sports enthusiasts, nature lovers and sun
worshippers. In Georgia, the past seems to intersect with the present at every turn in the road. The
profiles of Confederate leaders gaze stoically from Stone Mountain; turn-of-the-century homes still
gleam on the Golden Isles; and every town between Atlanta and Savannah displays its mementos of General
Sherman's invasion in 1864. You can tour vintage mansions and plantations, visit forts and museums and
witness battle reenactments. The state is not trapped in its past (witness the amenities of cosmopolitan
Atlanta or the contemporary arts and music scene of Athens), but the state's reverence for earlier times
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KENTUCKY
Bluegrass means a lot of things in the Bluegrass State. There's the grass itself, a lush variety of ground
cover, which is actually greener, in color, than blue, which powers the state's racehorses. Bluegrass Country
where most of the state's racehorses are raised, is a region of immaculate rolling pastures, tidy white fences
and large, stately mansions. This is the land of Kentucky's royalty, be they horse or human. Don't forget
bluegrass music, a folk art from a much different side of the state, the remote and beautiful Appalachian Mountains.
Travelers can experience all the varieties of bluegrass in one vacation, plus a whole lot more. They can visit
a Civil War battlefield in the morning and ogle Corvettes in the afternoon; hike through the same forests that
greeted Daniel Boone or sip a glass of fine bourbon whiskey; enjoy the museums and performances of Louisville
along with the geologic wonders of Mammoth Cave. Whatever kind of visit you have planned for Kentucky, keep yourself
open to new possibilities: You'll likely find more than you expect.
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