u/DublinBronco

We're doing a road trip in December/January and arrive in Florida on 2 January coming in from New Orleans, and fly home from Orlando on the afternoon of the 7th.

We want nudist stops built into the route rather than merely tacked on at the end, and we've already two nights at a clothing-optional B&B in the Texas Hill Country earlier in the trip.

The Florida route: Pensacola, Wakulla Springs, Crystal River for a dawn manatee swim, then two nights somewhere between Daytona and Orlando before we fly.

What we've lined up so far is a clothing-optional guest suite in Port Orange with a hot tub, and that's honestly the main reason the Daytona side is winning over central Florida at the moment. Cypress Cove near the airport is the obvious alternative if we shift west instead.

Three questions:

1. Anything worth stopping for between Pensacola and Gainesville? That stretch looks empty from here, what are we missing?
2. We'd written the beaches off because we're Irish, pale, and the Atlantic in January is bracing. Apollo and Playalinda are both about an hour from where we might be staying. Are we wrong?
3. Anything else on that route we should know about?

Also, if there's a decent nude or clothing-optional spa anywhere on that route, we'd cross the state for it!

My wife and I are over from Ireland for a road trip in late December, San Antonio and the Hill Country for a few days, then east along I-10 towards New Orleans and Florida. We're fairly new to this and looking for somewhere social and welcoming.

We've got a couple of nights lined up at a clothing-optional B&B in the Hill Country to start the trip and we've booked a couple of nights at Bare Fun in the Sun after that, but we're open to suggestions for other stops in Texas/along the I-10 corridor.

Also which places actually keep their pools and hot tubs warm in late December, and which ones effectively shut down for winter? Hard to tell from websites.

Thanks, any local steers and insights appreciated.