Several years ago I enjoyed my first trip to the linear park with a local running club. With age, they say, comes wisdom plus my joints have let me know that running is no longer in my wheelhouse. To that end, I …
Yet again, I had a close friend of mine tell me that they had never seen a manatee in person. I sort of understand how that happens. If you don’t spend enough of time on the water you may not …
A few days ago a friend of mine posted a photo of her eight year old daughter to Facebook. There was a kid grinning ear to ear with a bright orange butterfly perched on her finger. I immediately interjected that it was a Gulf Fritillary …
This is Dill and Dill found a gopher tortoise while we were out paddle boarding. I pulled up on a mangrove island to rest and a few minutes later he was on point watching one of natures little tanks motor across the clearing. Just to be …
At this time (Jan 2016) the downtown Bonita Springs area is in full redevelopment mode and a bit of a mess so it’s not as easy to find parking and access to the park system. I’d like to recommend you drive to …
If you’re looking for something to do while you’re in the Bonita Springs area that doesn’t involve the beach or golfing consider a day trip to cross Florida on US 41. Besides being a lovely, scenic way to see the “river of grass” …
Sunday started with a run to downtown Naples to scope out parking for a special event upcoming for Collier County Honor Flight. Two birds, one stone: First, Sugden Theater and 5th Avenue are decked out for Christmas so it is beautiful. Second, dinner …
Many years ago, in 1995 to be exact, a group of concerned Southwest Florida residents realized that Lee County had a significantly low percentage of lands preserved to protect the natural Florida habitat. They formed a grass roots effort to preserve portions of Lee …
Here’s a little taste of what life was like in Bonita Springs, Florida this week. If you haven’t met Angela before … meet Angela, my buyer’s agent and daughter in law. We’ve been working together for about six months now.
When I went back …
Years ago I visited the Children’s Museum of Naples with the Leadership Bonita program. I could not imagine that just a few short years later I would be one of many grandparents who would be accompanying their grandchildren to the museum for something to …