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BY SHANNON RATLIFF4 MONTHS Florida's Florida. The gorgeous stretch of sand across San Carlos and Estero Bays that is Fort Myers Beach calls to folks looking to take a load off and stay awhile. Unlike the gridlocked hustle of sister cities Tampa and Miami, Fort Myers Beach is the gem on the Gulf…
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May
10
2020
I’m from New England, everyone runs on Dunkin’s here, but I do understand, that the search for the perfect coffee shop can be never ending among coffee lovers. In my hunt for the 5 great coffee shops in Fort Myers, I went straight to Yelp. There I found the good, bad and ugly of what the local…
May
05
2020
Posted by Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd in ASTRONOMY ESSENTIALS | SPACE | January 3, 2020 All you need to know about major meteor showers in 2020. Sharing is caring! 4.2k 218 What are the odds?! This amazing image is from Emma Zulaiha Zulkifli in Sabah, on the island of Borneo in Malaysia. She caught a bright meteor streaking right…
May
05
2020
Posted by Bruce McClure in ASTRONOMY ESSENTIALS | May 3, 2020 Full moon will be May 7. That means there’s an exceedingly narrow window of true darkness between moonset and dawn now. Monday and/or Tuesday morning will be the peak mornings of the Eta Aquariid meteor shower. The meteors will be flying, but moonlight will interfere. Sharing is caring!…
May
03
2020
I’ve always professed to be a homebody, but some days into a work-from-home situation, I—as well as, I'm sure, every other “homebody”—have been thinking a lot about how our relationship with our home changes when it becomes the only place we inhabit. When the act of “coming home” no longer exists, because, well,…
Apr
29
2020
Hunt for Shells With more than 400 varieties, you can easily spend hours hunting for seashells. Many resorts will even give you a complimentary bag to collect them. See what other beaches are great for seashell hunting>> Kayak at Sunset You won't see a beach sunset quite like one in Fort Myers. The nearby island,…
Apr
27
2020
In south Florida, guests will find sister cities Fort Myers and Cape Coral. Both vacation destinations sit directly on a large river, providing opportunities to enjoy natural beauty while having fun. In fact, the top Fort Myers outdoor activities extend beyond the beach, well onto the golf courses and into the marches. So get started…
Apr
24
2020
This List of 50 Low-cost Hobbies Will Excite You Do you want to find a fun and low-cost hobby? A good hobby is entertaining, fulfilling and will enhance your life. There’re in fact many mental benefits of having hobbies. But hobbies can often also be very expensive. Luckily, there are still lots of cheap and…
Apr
22
2020
14 surprising facts about Fort Myers and Sanibel, FL 1. Fort Myers got its name as an engagement present. In 1850, General David Twiggs was put in charge of a small fort on the Caloosahatchee River. His daughter, Marion, fell in love with one of Twiggs’ staff officers, Abraham C. Myers. Twiggs liked the…
Apr
17
2020
7 WAYS TO SCRATCH THE TRAVEL ITCH WITHOUT TRAVELING Once at a reader meetup, a fellow traveler approached me. He had just returned from an overland drive from New York City to Patagonia. After I peppered him with questions about his trip (I mean, really, how cool does that trip sound?), he asked me one: “How…