The bucket list

Clap for the sunset at the nightly street festival at Pier 60 Park & Sunsets at Pier 60.

Paddle over the Gulf at night in a lit-up glass-bottom kayak with Sharkey's Glass Bottom Tours.

Find the melting clocks at The Dalí Museum.

Meet a rescued sea turtle at Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

Ride a ferry to an island with no cars: Caladesi Island State Park.

Climb the old fort walls at Fort De Soto Park.

Watch a real sponge diver at work on the St. Nicholas Boat Line.

Eat a Greek pastry at the sponge docks: Hellas Restaurant & Bakery.

Try the smoked fish spread at Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish.

Walk the St. Pete Pier all the way to the end.

Drink a local beer where it's brewed: 3 Daughters Brewing.

See a show at Jannus Live, Florida's oldest outdoor concert venue.

Sail with pirates on Captain Memo's Pirate Cruise.

Spot a dolphin from a boat out of John's Pass Village & Boardwalk.

Walk the mangrove boardwalks at Weedon Island Preserve.

Take the ferry to Egmont Key State Park and explore the ruins.

Get lost in the gardens at Sunken Gardens.

Go eye-to-eye with a shark at The Florida Aquarium.

Ride a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

Eat fresh Cuban bread from La Segunda Bakery.

Dine at Florida's oldest restaurant: Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City.

Save room for dessert in the dessert room at Bern's Steak House.

Walk the whole Tampa Riverwalk.

Ride the Pirate Water Taxi.

Watch a movie under the stars ceiling at the Tampa Theatre.

Jog or bike Bayshore Boulevard Linear Park, one of the world's longest continuous sidewalks.

See wild manatees for free at the TECO Manatee Viewing Center (winter).

Tour a Gilded Age hotel at the Henry B. Plant Museum.

See the circus museum and mansion at The Ringling.

Feel the powder-white quartz sand on Siesta Beach.

Find a fossil shark tooth at Venice Beach.

Walk the treetop canopy at Myakka River State Park.

Paddle through the mangrove tunnels with Sea Life Kayak Adventures - Lido Key Mangrove Tunnels.

Slurp oysters at the end of a pier: Anna Maria Oyster Bar on the Pier.

Fly over the water on an eFoil with Longboat Supply Co..

Visit the bayfront orchids at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - Downtown Sarasota Campus.

Shop the circle at St. Armands Circle.

Watch the sunset from Bean Point at the tip of Anna Maria Island.

Stand under a real rocket at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Zip line over the gators at Screamin' Gator Zip Line at Gatorland.

Cruise the Winter Park lakes on the Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour.

Rent a swan boat at Lake Eola Park.

Ride an airboat with Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures.

Swim in a 72-degree spring at Wekiwa Springs State Park.

Tube the spring run at Kelly Park / Rock Springs.

Wait in line for a giant cookie at Gideon's Bakehouse.

Watch a live mermaid show at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park.

Swim (quietly) with manatees in Crystal River with River Ventures (manatee tours) (winter).

See manatees through the underwater observatory at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park.

Paddle the crystal-clear river at Rainbow Springs State Park.