If you are looking for a place to just unwind and stroll around in this is the place!! Not many…read morepeople at all & just calming to walk around with your thoughts. Coming here definitely helped me unwind after a rough morning.

Beautiful and quiet. Lots of free parking and clean. Visiting from Tampa and we enjoyed our…read moreweekend here.

This beach is only about 3 miles from our Florida house. It's easy to get to and most of the…read moretime, there is plenty of parking (free parking). The beach is clean... and the sunsets.... You absolutely cannot beat the view.

Definitely recommend this park and environmwntal center. It has trails. A playground. Some…read moreeducational demo gardens. We saw lots of wildlife. Bald eagles (one of the trails was closed for them and they flew right over us a few times). Lots of plant seeds stuck to us. They also do educational events here. Some signage about the wildlife. A few trails to choose from. Recommend.

Volunteer knew little about the trails. Boring if you have ever walked through a Florida wilderness…read morearea. There was a bald eagle nest although now empty. There was a tortoise at the visitors center. Other than that it was just a walk through the hot woods.

15 miles paved bike trail at Charlotte County. Restrooms at…read moreboth end,plus bike pump stations. Very civilized. Has numerous rest areas along the path,with extra parking lots,picnic tables and porter potties too. Well traveled,but still quite,peaceful and nature focused. We seen a raccoon,gopher tortoise,several tropical birds on our 2 hour leisure bike ride. Glad we find this! I'm surprised The Pioneer Trail is not advertised more, but I guess others loss is our gain. We'll be back!

This is, I believe, the first rails to trails established in Florida. It is narrower than most…read morerails to trails and sufficiently accommodates foot, bike and skating traffic. Lots of nature to see along this one way 6.5 miles or roundtrip 13 miles from gopher tortoise, gators, fish and fowl to greenery, bridges and the fresh outdoors. Very flat trail. Leads to Boca Grande Gasparilla Trail and beautiful water views. Plenty of shade, benches, rest rooms, parking and some water at various trailheads.

Yesterday my 110 lb. dog Finn spent his first day at Critter Cottage…read more We were greeted at the door by multiple staff members all welcoming Finn and I. When I picked Finn up, instead of running out the door (time for dinner and nothing stands in his way when it comes to food) he went back to give the staff mbr. a doggie hug. That told me all I needed to know about his care there. We will be back!

Sue and the groomers have always been nice, talented, caring ... all good! Sue retired but she is…read moreright there anyway. Our Samoyed was a challenge but CC did a great job in a pinch so he could' be gorgeous for his television appearance !

Captain Mike Slattery, Palm Island Outfitters April 7, 2021…read moreMike I greatly enjoyed our fishing outings this year. I think I really luck out I hooked up with you 10 -15 years ago. I need look back at my old records to confirm my first fishing trip with you. As you know I am not the most knowledgeable fisherman when it comes to selecting a western Florida inter-coastal Fishing Captain. However, with my exposure to your knowledge of the greater Lemon Bay waters, fish species/habits, range of fishing techniques, inter-coastal history, and your unique ability to deal with a very broad range of "fishing" customers, I sincerely doubt you have any real competition. I would strongly recommend you any time I have an opportunity. Tom Bond & Family

We had a great day on the water with Captain Mike and Palm Island Outfitters. He knows the local…read morewaters very well and we learned a lot! We met up at Rum Bay restaurant at the Palm Island resort (great place to have a drink after the trip, and they can cook your catch for you as well!). Caught Triple Tail and Pompano, both very tasty!

We recently contracted with Keith for a camping trip to Cayo Costa. I strongly recommend him for…read morehis professionalism and compassion. He was easy to work with for scheduling and payments and we felt very safe loading up, unloading, and during the trip. He is a hard worker and makes sure all your needs are fulfilled. His boat was clean and his jokes were tolerable. Just kidding! We'll be using his service again.

Captain Keith shuttled us to/from Cayo Costa for a family camping trip. The water was rough on the…read moreway out. We had two kids under the age of 5 on board and Captain Keith was mindful of that the whole way. Not only did he navigate the chop safely, it was obvious he didn't want the kids to be scared or soaked. He kept everyone relatively dry the whole way. In addition to providing a great ride, Captain Keith shared some great fishing information as we were planning to fish from Cayo Costa. His information was very useful and he even gave us the 'shrimp' off his back. That's right, we couldn't find any live shrimp that morning to bring out so Keith gave us what he had in his live well which proved to be the necessary bait to catch fish that afternoon. We'll always book with Captain Keith going forward.