Two Truths and a Lie About Florida Beaches That Fools Most Tourists
Most tourists think a beach is just sand, sunscreen, and a place to park their cooler.
Longtime Floridians know better.
Here’s a two truths and a lie game about Florida’s coastline.
Every round gives you three statements, two true and one false. You pick the lie.
How well do you score?
The Whitest Sand
Florida’s Gulf beaches pull in crowds from all over for sand so fine and pale it looks like powdered sugar.
Siesta Key gets most of the glory, and the story behind that sand is stranger than its color.
Can you spot the lie?
Shark Country
New Smyrna Beach draws surfers from up and down the coast, and it draws something with fins too.
You’ll hear the shark stories before you ever get wet.
Can you spot the lie?
Turtle Season
Every summer, long stretches of Florida sand turn into a nursery, roped off and watched over.
The rules that come with turtle season catch first-time visitors off guard.
Can you spot the lie?
Driving on the Sand
At Daytona Beach, the sand doubles as the parking lot, and you steer right onto it.
The town built its whole reputation on it.
Can you spot the lie?
Reading the Flags
Those colored flags snapping over the lifeguard stand aren’t decoration.
Each color is a warning.
Read one wrong and you can ruin your whole afternoon.
Can you spot the lie?
Who Owns the Beach
Walk far enough down a Florida beach and you may pass a sign claiming the sand is private.
Who owns what along that waterline is trickier than any beach sign lets on.
Can you spot the lie?
Shuffle Your Feet
Longtime beachgoers do a strange little scoot as they wade into the shallows.
They aren’t dancing, and they’ve got a good reason for it.
Can you spot the lie?
Psst! Think you can tell a true Florida beach fact from a tall tale? Play this second round and see how many lies you can catch.
Quiz
Florida Beach Lie Detector
Nine more rounds of Florida beach trivia, each one two truths and a lie. We bet you can’t catch every lie. Prove us wrong?
Venice sits on the Gulf coast with a gritty claim to fame. Two of these are true. Which one is the lie?
7 Florida Roadside Attractions Locals Still Pull Over For (and 5 They Drive Past)
Florida practically invented the roadside tourist trap, and locals quit stopping at most of them years ago.
A few old stops still earn the brake lights, while others hang on by billboard alone.
7 Florida Roadside Attractions Locals Still Pull Over For (and 5 They Drive Past)
10 Old Florida Traditions Newcomers Have Never, Ever Heard Of
On a cold January morning in a Tarpon Springs bayou, a teenage boy waits on a boat for a priest to throw a white cross into the water.
When it hits, a dozen boys dive after it, and only one comes up with a year of good luck.
10 Old Florida Traditions Newcomers Have Never, Ever Heard Of
