Only in Tampa Bay

Swimming with the Fishes @ The Florida Aquarium

Feeding the giraffes @ Busch Gardens

Watching the Flamenco Dancers @ The Columbia Restaurant

Climb 50 feet into the top of an ancient oak tree with Pathfinder

Play on a 12,000 foot wooden fort @ R.E. Olds Park

Go on a Fossil Hunt and find evidence of life before humans in Tampa Bay.

Catch the perfect wave indoors @ The Flowrider

Take the kids on a modern day treasure hunt with Geocaching

Sing Karaoke with the kids @ Cherry's in North Tampa on Tuesday nights from 6-8

Play in the water for Free at one of the areas spraygrounds

Climb on the rocks while over looking upper Tampa Bay @ Phillipe Park

Take an afternoon ride on a vintage train @ The Florida Railroad Museum

Have a picnic on the banks of Lake Tarpon @ A.L. Anderson Park

Discover the estuary where the sea life of the Gulf of Mexico begins aboard the Sea Life Safari

See at show at the historic Tampa Theatre

Five days of fun in Tampa

Take Dad on an adventure

Spend the day on an island at Caladesi Island State Park

Find out way Dr. Beach's picks Fort DeSoto at one of the top beaches in the country

Drive the mile long causeway to the beach at Fred H Howard Park

Explore the 3,000 acres at Hillsborough River State Park

Get your Ya Ya's in the Wa Wa's @ Adventure Island

Paddle down the Hillsborough River @ Canoe Escapes, Inc

Become a Pirate on Captain Memo's Pirate Ship

Celebrate at Celebration Station

Climb aboard an a real 1945-455 foot ship - American Victory Mariners Memorial Museum Ship

Visit with rescued dolphins @ The Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Visit one of Tampa Bay's Gulf Coast Beaches

Ride your Bike on BMX track or talk a walk in the woods @ Lake Park in North Tampa

Climb to the top of the tower and look out over the Hillsborough River @ Lettuce Lake Park by USF

Inside the AC!

1) Cyber Bowling & Beach Bowl
   www.pinchasers.net

2) Great Explorations (great for kids 2-12 )
   Their website is under construction - I have it listed on mine @
    www.tampawithkids.com/greatexplorations.html

3) Florida Aquarium
     www.flaquarium.org

4) MOSI
   www.mosi.org

5) South Florida Museum (Bradenton- All thumbs up!)
    www.southfloridamuseum.org

6) Tampa Bay History Center
    www.tampahistorycenter.org

7) GWIZ (Sarasota- Worth the drive)
    www.gwiz.org

8) Brooker Creek Preserve
    www.friendsofbrookercreekpreserve.org

9) Salvado Dali
    www.salvadordalimuseum.org

10) Kid's Karaoke Night @ Cherry's in North Tampa
      www.cherrysrestaurants.com

Fun & Free

1. Weedon Island- St. Petersburg

2. Brooker Creek- Tarpon Springs/ Palm Harbor

3. Free Kid's Saturday Morning Movies @ The Beach Theater- St. Pete Beach

4. Kate Jackson Park - Tampa

5. Fort DeSoto- Tierra Verde (near St. Pete beach)

6. John Chesnut, Sr Park - Palm Harbor

7. Fred Howard Park - Tarpon Spring

8. Wall Springs- Palm Harbor

9 Spraygrounds - Oldsmar, Tampa, Zephyrhills

10. TECO Manatee Viewing Center ( November to April)

11. Lettuce Lake Park- USF Area Tampa

12. Ride your Bike down Bayshore Blvd.

Museums and the Arts

Learn about Florida's past at the Tampa Bay History Center

Ride a vintage train @ the Florida Railroad museum

Board a 455 foot boat and wonder around on a self guided tour of the American Victory Ship

Learn about the past @ The Heritage Village

Watch the the face of children as they see the work of Salvador Dali

Let science come to life in the largest science center in the southeastern United States @ MOSI

Have hands on fun at Great Explorations Museum

Explore the interactive ecology exhibits then go for a walk in the woods @ Brooker Creek

Climb to the top of the lookout tower and then learn about Florida Indians @ Weedon Island

Eat'in with the Kids

Build sandcastles while waiting for your BBQ @ Caddy's

Get some great fresh seafood from Mid-Peninsula Seafood Market & Restaurant

Get a hot dog and chat with Mel @ Mel's Hot Dogs

Share some of Tampa Bay's cultural favorites @ La Teresita Restaurant

Watch the planes take off and land and celebrate a special occasion @ CK's Rooftop

Beyond Tampa

Take a houseboat down the Ole' Suwannee River

Snorkel and try to grab some scallops in Crystal River

Spend an afternoon tubing down a crystal clear river

Spend a Sunday exploring Bradenton & Sarasota

See the Blue Men do their stuff

Take a trip to Tallahassee

Explore the Yin and Yang of Orlando

Did I leave out your favorite "Tampa Bay with Kids" adventure out?
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