"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust
Six months after Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida’s coast, nature’s miracle of spring is greening mangroves and brightening the rubble with flowers. But nature is a strong mother, and some longtime Florida...
Learn much at Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum It’s the geography of Sanibel and Captiva, a pair of islands off Florida’s west coast near Fort Myers, that has made them a destination for...
Legend has it that Captiva’s name came from the Spanish pirate Gasparilla’s “Isle de los Captivas,” where he held captured women he sought to ransom. Although it’s a great story, no one...
For me, the opening of the stone crab season is reason enough to visit Florida in October. They’re simply wonderful — a cross between lobster and shrimp. After my arrival on Oct....
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