http://www.solotravelgirl.com Traveling alone, not lonley Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:35:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-one-gator-two-gators-three-gators-four-babcock-wilderness-adventures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-one-gator-two-gators-three-gators-four-babcock-wilderness-adventures/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:11:57 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=7600 Pin itEarlier 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...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-one-gator-two-gators-three-gators-four-babcock-wilderness-adventures/feed/ 1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/world-sailing-event-in-punta-gorda-florida-jan-7-%e2%80%93-15-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/world-sailing-event-in-punta-gorda-florida-jan-7-%e2%80%93-15-2012/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:42:19 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=7583 Pin itInternational attention is focused on Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda, Fla., this week as more than 100 sailors compete during the 2012 International Disabled Sailing Association’s World Championships, Jan. 10 – 15. Saturday, Jan. 7, the community welcomed competitors with what was called the “World’s Shortest Parade of Nations,” just over 200 yards in...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/world-sailing-event-in-punta-gorda-florida-jan-7-%e2%80%93-15-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/learning-vegan-cooking-with-vicki-chelf-and-punta-gordas-worden-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/learning-vegan-cooking-with-vicki-chelf-and-punta-gordas-worden-farm/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:06:56 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=7393 Pin itWatching and listening to food writer Vicki Chelf as she moved through the Florida House kitchen in Sarasota, Fla., on Saturday was much like observing an artist handed a box of materials and told “go create something.” Chelf is an accomplished artist but she’s also a twenty-first century Julia Child. Rather than constructing Boeuf...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/learning-vegan-cooking-with-vicki-chelf-and-punta-gordas-worden-farm/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-pottery-express-and-bamboo-farm-in-punta-gorda-florida/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-pottery-express-and-bamboo-farm-in-punta-gorda-florida/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:20:10 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=6953 Pin itHoly 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...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-pottery-express-and-bamboo-farm-in-punta-gorda-florida/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-caring-for-florida-wildlife-in-punta-gorda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-caring-for-florida-wildlife-in-punta-gorda/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:18:15 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=6260 Pin itLast 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...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-caring-for-florida-wildlife-in-punta-gorda/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/fresh-fish-sweet-watermelon-and-a-flash-mob-at-the-punta-gorda-farmers-market-june-18-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/fresh-fish-sweet-watermelon-and-a-flash-mob-at-the-punta-gorda-farmers-market-june-18-2011/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:30:31 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=5532 Pin itThis is the first Saturday in a while I was home so I wandered down to the Punta Gorda Farmer’s Market (Florida) to see what was new. Boy, was it hot! I knew something special was going to happen and could see the crowd sitting on the steps on the courthouse and cameras set...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/fresh-fish-sweet-watermelon-and-a-flash-mob-at-the-punta-gorda-farmers-market-june-18-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/im-officially-a-groupon-groupie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/im-officially-a-groupon-groupie/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 03:14:12 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=5308 Pin itI didn’t “get” the Groupon craze until I made my first purchase a couple of weeks ago and my first redemption today. It’s my understanding Groupon works this way: a set number of people need to buy into a “deal.” Deals range in value between 50 and 90 percent off. This is where the...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/im-officially-a-groupon-groupie/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/history-lesson-in-the-sky-with-davs-b-25-bomber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/history-lesson-in-the-sky-with-davs-b-25-bomber/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:21:46 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=4358 Pin itMy stomach flipped as the Disabled Americans Veterans‘ B-25 Mitchell Bomber began climbing into the Florida sky. I sat in the back of the plane looking out the window and watched as buildings, cars and boats shrunk as we ascended. Earmuffs protected my ears from the engine’s outlandishly loud roar and the only means...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/history-lesson-in-the-sky-with-davs-b-25-bomber/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-morning-rose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-morning-rose/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:27:21 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=4146 Pin itDewdrops 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.]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/wordless-wednesday-morning-rose/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/rub-a-dub-with-goods-from-naples-soap-co/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/rub-a-dub-with-goods-from-naples-soap-co/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 03:29:30 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=3462 Pin itLast night I wandered down to Fishermen’s Village in Punta Gorda, Fla., to snap photos of holiday lights. You’ll have to wait for Wednesday to see some snapshots but you don’t have to wait to learn about Naples Soap Company at the Village. As the clerk described it, Naples Soap Company is “a candy...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/rub-a-dub-with-goods-from-naples-soap-co/feed/ 0