A couple of weekends ago I was sent to Naples (aka, Beverly Hills), Florida for a work-related board meeting and fundraiser. It was a little chilly (by Floridian standards), but the consignment shopping was good, the party was a success and the highlight was a private (for TILT staff and board) guided tour of the Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary:
Forgive the blurriness of some of the photos…I had woken up at 3:30pm that morning to catch an early flight and was operating on zero caffeine.ww.f The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary was wonderful – the staff and docents were extremely knowledgeable and friendly, and the dinner (and conversation) we shared with them in the visitor’s center after-hours was delicious! Our short tour of the sanctuary was only a small section of this enormous preserve – I highly recommend anyone visiting Naples to check it out (along with all the other preserves, zoos, botanic gardens and hikes in the area…hopefully I’ll have more free time next year!).
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A Green(ish) Life 
Lots of lurking gators! But beautiful. I’d love to get to that area someday soon. Great photography!
Well it doesn’t take very long to drive to the west coast…maybe you should extend your Florida stay at the end of the month to go check out Naples! I stayed at the Lemon Tree Inn, which was a little kitschy motel in downtown and couldn’t have been very expensive. And I’m sure I could hook you up with some TILT trustees still down there…
I long to take in the natural beauty of Florida one day. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos!
It’s so funny…I’ve been to Florida so many times because half my family lives there that I’m like “ho hum” every time I go now! But it really is beautiful and such unique scenery and animals!
I’ve never once been to Florida! 😦
Yean…so I’m realizing that I take it for granted!
Amazing that some of the scenes remind me of place I have been in Far North Queensland, Australia. A beautiful collection of images, thank you.
That’s so interesting! Australia is high on my travel wish list…never thought of it as resembling Florida! Thanks for sharing this tidbit!