If you are cruising around the Ten Thousand Islands south of Marco Island, you might see six dome houses rising out of the water approximately 300 feet offshore from Cape Romano Island. Constructed in 1980 by retired businessman Bob Lee, the houses were abandoned in 1992 and sold in 2005 to John Tosto. These […]
Last weekend, Bob and I set up camp at Myakka River State Park. Just outside of Sarasota, this is one of the largest and oldest state parks in Florida. The Myakka River is Florida’s first state-designated wild and scenic river, flowing through 58 square acres of unspoiled wetlands, prairies, hammocks, pinelands that make up the
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The 11-acre island known as Indian Key was the scene of two of the bloodiest massacres in Florida History. Visiting the island today (from Indian Key Fill) all you will find is a dock, a trail, a few ruins, and lots of tropical foliage. Today the island is maintained by the Florida State Division of
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I honestly don’t remember too much about how we dealt with the aftermath of Donna. Our trailer was uninhabitable, so we moved into a friend’s home on Connecticut. They were snowbirds and were up north at the time and generously offered their home while we figured out what we were going to do. What I
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Today is September 10, the anniversary of two hurricanes that affected Fort Myers Beach 47 years apart. Heralded by some meteorologists as the “peak of hurricane season,” September 10 will always be a date that causes me to stop and reflect on how vulnerable coastal cities are when it comes to hurricanes. I was in
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