| Orlando, Florida is more and more
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| | enthusiast, you can play a round each day
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| becoming a mecca for vacationers. There
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| | at a different course for, oh, say about
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| are many reasons for this, and one I want
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| | 5 straight months, since Orlando has
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| to explore now is the sporting or active
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| | about 150 golf courses with all of them
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| side of the Orlando holiday. Now, talking
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| | reputed to be essentially world class
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| to a friend recently about sporting
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| | facilities. Some resorts are just for
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| holidays I almost didn't bring up
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| | golf. ChampionsGate Golf Club, for
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| Orlando's numerous sporting attractions.
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| | example, provides two 18-hole
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| He was talking about going hiking in the
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| | championship golf courses, said to be
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| Rockies for a week or two. And he also
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| | among the best in the US. The resort
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| mentioned distance bicycling holidays as
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| | hosts several tournaments including the
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| a great way to spend the summer (and he
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| | popular World Points Father/Son
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| meant the whole summer, not just a short
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| | Challenge. But if you're not up to
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| holiday!). Marathon running? Sure, why
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| | championship play yet, most courses have
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| not. (Although even he agreed that
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| | professional coaches to help you improve
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| running a marathon is not exactly a
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| | your game. The city even has six golf
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| holiday. But he did insist that when you
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| | instruction academies that use
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| travel to a city to run a marathon you
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| | personalized teaching methods and state
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| get to visit great cities that you may
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| | of the art equipment. And if you want a
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| have never otherwise seen.) Orlando's
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| | change of pace from big time (and big
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| active side can include such intense
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| | course) golf, many resorts here also
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| activities, but for the family, or for
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| | feature miniature golf courses. For
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| anyone who wants activity but doesn't
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| | example, one new adventure style
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| want to feel they're in training for the
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| | miniature golf course is designed as a
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| Olympics, it can be ideal. One famous
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| | Hawaiian oasis. Fire and lava pour from a
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| active attraction is Boggy Creek Airboat
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| | fifty-foot volcano. Hawaiian Rumble
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| Rides. Started by a couple in 1994, it's
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| | Adventure Golf attracts people with their
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| blossomed into one of Orlando's top 10
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| | rhythmic music and sophisticated design.
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| attractions, according to the Orlando
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| | Holes range from beginner to advanced,
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| Business Journal. They offer high speed
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| | and are thematically designed. There's
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| airboat rides on Lake Tohopekaliga (or
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| | also the Congo River Adventure Golf
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| "Sleeping Tiger Lake") a 12,000 acre lake
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| | course where you can take the whole
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| where you can board a 6-passenger or
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| | family high atop giant waterfalls and
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| 18-passenger boat and really take off on
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| | rocky summits or deep down to mysterious
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| that lake. Like up to 65 mph. That may
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| | caves. You mean you've never golfed your
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| not seem so fast on the highway, but in
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| | way through tropical rainforests, jumping
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| an airboat it can thrill you or chill you
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| | over river rapids, and thoroughly
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| (both, actually, if you go out early in
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| | enjoying yourself regardless of how high
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| the morning). Speeding along on the lake
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| | your score is? Well, maybe then Orlando
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| you can glimpse a wide variety of its
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| | is the place to golf (or mini-golf) like
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| wetland birds, such as bald eagles,
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| | you've never dreamt of. There's much more
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| cranes, egrets and ospreys. Which brings
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| | to the sporty side of Orlando than this,
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| up an important point: the airboats
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| | but for golf enthusiasts, maybe I've said
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| virtually float on the water so they are
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| | enough and I should just let you make
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| less invasive to the lakes plant and
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| | your reservations for this grand,
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| wildlife inhabitants than regular
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| | beautiful city.
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| propeller driven boats. For something a
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| | Mark Whichard is an Orlando Vacation
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| bit more mundane, how about a round of
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| | Homes expert.
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| golf? Or if you are really a golf
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