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Naples has plenty of places to watch the sunset
A Naples sunset is a sight that never gets old. “There is no sky like the sky here,” said Sue Friedland, a veteran sunset watcher. “You can’t get the colors anywhere that you get here." But finding the right vantage point - and getting a little help from Mother Nature - can make or break the experience.
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Collier County contains plenty of beautiful beaches
To live in Naples is to be in danger of becoming blasé about beaches. In the winter season, visitors flock to them. Parking can be painful, and finding a deserted spot to deposit a towel or chair can be impossible. And no one seems to know not to feed the seagulls. But summer can be a chance for locals to rediscover Naples' coastal delights, a time to sample the sunshine and the sand in a slightly more civilized setting.
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Kayak adventure through the mangroves, a hidden SW Florida treasure waiting to be discovered
(Part 2 of 2) We were headed out of the channel, then across the bay to the mangroves on the other side, opposite from where I had encountered the spoonbills. Along the way we saw a yellow crested night heron, and several anhingas with their black snake-like necks and sharp beaks that they use to spear fish.
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Kayak adventure through the mangroves, a hidden SW Florida treasure waiting to be discovered
(Part 1 of 2) Visitor and residents alike refer to Southwest Florida as a paradise. The irony is that most never really experience the natural world that constitutes this paradise on its own terms.
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Panther Glade unveiled at Caribbean Gardens
Caribbean Gardens presents a new educational display about America's large cat in cooperation with the National Wildlife Federation.
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Naples area SCUBA diving facts and directory
Fish here are large and abundant, turtles plentiful and shelling superb. Both the ledges and wrecks support a profusion of large colorful sponges and gorgonians.
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Sounds of the swamp at Billie Swamp Safari
At Billie Swamp Safari, 19 miles north of exit 49 off Interstate 75, there is only the quiet night sounds of the swamp and the gentle nighttime snorts and scampering of the penned animals.
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