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Month: July 2022
Starry Starry Night
Photo Credit: Ed Saternus / Florida Nature Lovers Group on Facebook
A starry starry night over the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
Happy 95th Birthday, Dick!
Wishing Dick the happiest of birthdays today!
Dick and his family at Ocean’s Reach circa 1976
Sending all of our warmest wishes to Ocean’s Reach owner Dick G. as he celebrates his 95th birthday today!
Dick and his wife, Elizabeth, purchased Unit 1B1 in 1984, having first visited Ocean’s Reach with daughters Dru and Lyn and son Kurt in 1976 (pictured above). » Read more
Fun on the Fourth!
From our early riser pancake breakfast … to our wonderful hometown parade … to the fun road rally around the island … to just relaxing on the beach at Ocean’s Reach, the Fourth of July once again offered a full day of fun memories for our guests this year! » Read more
Three Generations
There’s nothing we love more than welcoming back families to Ocean’s Reach … generation after generation!
Joyce M. from Brunswick, GA has been vacationing with her family at Ocean’s Reach for more than four decades and has made countless friends here over the years.
One of the friends she met years ago — Collette A. from Athens, » Read more
Race 4 FISH!
After two years of a virtual-only race, the 14th annual 10K Race 4 FISH returns October 22, 2022 to benefit the great support programs over at FISH of SANCAP.
FISH (“Friends In Service Here”) has been assisting islanders since 1982 as a “neighbors helping neighbors” organization. It started as a group of volunteer residents and has grown to rely on more than 150 volunteers, » Read more
Throw Off the Bowlines
Yachting Monthly, published “across the pond” in the U.K., recently listed their 10 Best Spots to Cruise in the U.S. in their “Sailing America” feature.
They note that the United States presents nearly endless cruising opportunities for visiting sailors, as America boasts the world’s eighth-longest coastline.
They write:
Oil and gas development and a relatively homogenous coastline tend to steer cruisers away from the Gulf of Mexico. » Read more
Happy Independence Day!
Photo from Florida Weekly
May we think of freedom,
not as the right to do as we please,
but as the opportunity to do what is right.
– Peter Marshall
Breathe It In …
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Not Digging It
From the City of Sanibel:
Hey Sanibel Beachgoers!
Let’s leave the digging to the turtles…
Long before beachgoers arrived on Sanibel’s pristine beaches, sea turtles have been coming ashore to lay their eggs. After crawling out of the water, a female sea turtle uses her flippers to make an exhausting trek up the beach looking for a good spot to deposit her eggs.
