Florida Skate Camp
November 30 - December 4, 2008
| Price | $1,500 |
| Single Supplement | $400 (always optional) |
| Length | Five Days & Four Nights |
| Activities | Skating Instruction |
| Guides (Tentative) | Gary, Kathy, and Liz |
| Skating Level | Beginner & Advanced Beginner |
| Navigation Required | None |
Florida Skating Adventure
December 6-10, 2008
| Price | $1,500 |
| Single Supplement | $400 (always optional) |
| Length | Five Days & Four Nights |
| Activities | Skating |
| Other | Optional Bicycle Rental $25/day |
| Guides (Tentative) | Gary, Kathy, and Liz |
| Skating Level | Advanced Beginner and better |
| Navigation Required | Basic Map Reading |
Florida has some of the best long-distance skating trails in the United States and certainly the best in any southern state. In fact, Florida's trails are so good for a winter getaway that we have both a Skate Camp for beginners and a Skate Tour scheduled there.
Skate Camp
Our Skate Camp is designed both beginners and advanced beginners.
Since it is late in the year, it is a great camp both for those
who have never skated before and those who have graduated from our
Hilton Head
Skate Camp or Camp
Rollerblade day camps. We
spend five
days in the town of Dunedin, located on the Gulf Coast and one of the
nicest towns in Florida. We learn to skate in our
privately-rented
outdoor hockey rink and practice our skills on nearby flat trails.
This trip meets and
ends in Tampa and is designed to be the precursor to our Florida
Skating Adventure. If you sign up for the Camp, you will
get 10% off the Skating Adventure!
Skating Adventure
Our Florida Skating Adventure is a standard skate tour, designed for
all ability levels with multiple route options and van support each
day. We start and end at Tampa Airport and skate on four fantastic
trails in the Gulf Coast region. The new Sun Coast Trail, which runs
near but is separated from a new toll highway, is an excellent example
of how transportation funding in America is changing to include
alternatives to the car. The 46-mile Withlacoochee Trail cuts through
forest and along a river in the middle of the state, while the
Withlacoochee Bay trail runs perfectly flat along a canal. Finally, the
Pinellas Trail runs through gulf-coast communities in the western part
of Florida. Because the trails are flat (perfect for beginners) and
long (perfect for advanced skaters), this is a great tour for friends
or couples of differing ability levels.
Florida is an outstanding location for a winter getaway. The skating is excellent, the hotels relaxing, and the temperature is in the seventies most days - odds are it will be a sunny day perfect for skating!
Notes
If you sign up for the Skate Camp, you will get 10% off
the Skating Adventure! Non-skaters can rent bikes on the Skating
Adventure but not the Skate Camp.
Accommodations
On our skate tour, we stay two nights in the lovely Plantation Inn,
a southern-style hotel in the Gulf Coast town of Citrus Springs, famous
for its manatee population. We then transfer to the Scottish town of
Dunedin and the Yacht Harbor Inn, our hotel right on the water with
view from your balcony. Three of the top 10 beaches in the country are
right in the neighborhood and the sunsets are awesome. The skate camp includes four nights at the Yacht Harbor Inn.
For More Information
See our Florida Frequently Asked
Questions page or request a detailed Trip Description by
email.