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Experience Punta Gorda Combo Special Pass - Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens, Peace River Wildlife Center, Military Heritage Museum - now through Sept. 30, 2022.

Experience Punta Gorda, Florida, with Special Combo Offer through Sept. 30, 2022

New special combo pass called “Experience Punta Gorda,” is $25 and grants one-time admission to the Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens, Peace River Wildlife Center and Military Heritage Museum between now and Sept. 30, 2022.

The Vietnam Wall of Southwest Florida in Punta Goda, Fla., was dedicated on Nov. 5, 2016.

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Coincidence or Something Bigger? Paying Respects at the Vietnam Wall of Southwest Florida in Punta Gorda

I had a random encounter at the Vietnam Wall of Southwest Florida in Punta Gorda that has me wondering whether it was coincidence or something bigger.

21st Annual Charlotte Harbor Freedom Swim Across the Peace River, Florida, July 4, 2012

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Easy Month-by-Month New Year’s Resolutions to Keep and Explore Charlotte County, Florida

Ringing in a new year is an opportunity to evaluate life’s goals and priorities and either readjust existing ones or set new ones. To help you along, I’ve come up with a dozen easy-to-keep New Year’s resolutions you can make while having fun exploring Charlotte County, Florida.

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Showing Off My Southwest and Central Florida

Living in Florida means living in the world’s top tourism destination and traveling to Orlando is a breeze. Oftentimes I need to remind myself how fortunate I am living so close to attractions others take years of planning before visiting. I’m always reminded how lucky I am when friends visit.

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Wordless Wednesday: One Gator, Two Gators, Three Gators, Four…Babcock Wilderness Adventures

Earlier this week I was back out at Babcock Wilderness Adventures in Punta Gorda, Florida, for a meeting which included a tour of the working cattle ranch and Telegraph Swamp. I never get tired visiting the place and always spot something new. Having lived more than three years in Everglades National Park, I have a […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Pottery Express and Bamboo Farm in Punta Gorda, Florida

Holy clay coolness! Pottery Express and Bamboo Farm in Punta Gorda, Florida, is pretty amazing. I had heard it had quite a few pieces of decorative and artistic pottery from Mexico and Asia, I just didn’t realize the how much until I visited over the weekend. Wow! Inside, it was row upon row of decorative […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Caring for Florida Wildlife in Punta Gorda

Last week I had the opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes tour of Peace River Wildlife Center in Punta Gorda, Fla. The nonprofit organization is supported 100 percent by donations and do an amazing job nurturing Florida’s native wildlife back to health and caring for those orphaned for whatever reason. Wildlife receives tender care with the […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Morning Rose

Dewdrops on roses – one of my favorite things. Enjoy this rose from a Sunday morning visit to the Punta Gorda History Park in Punta Gorda, Fla.

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Where, Oh Where, Have I Been?

Hey, there! Don’t worry, I’m still here. I’ve been trying to post about five times a week on this blog however my “day job” has been consuming me for about the past week including working through the weekend by hosting a media familiarization trip. (Basically it’s hosting members of the media in my destination in […]

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Ghost Walking Tour in Punta Gorda, Florida

Note: This company is no longer offering ghost walking tours in Punta Gorda, Fla. We’re having unseasonably warm temperatures here in Southwest Florida, in fact, Punta Gorda, Fla., had the nation’s high on Thursday (I think it was 92 degrees). Getting into the Halloween spirit while melting is a little difficult but nothing says […]