Boca Grande field trip - Sunday drive

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Going to date myself here but do you remember

Sunday drives as a kid?

Hated them - then.

Love them - now.

And everyone should start doing them again.

 Boca Grande is a great place to hang - there is a 

lovely beach but you have to watch out for the currents.

 Got a couple of posers hanging out - eagle eyed bird guarding the lighthouse

and the BIL, SIL came along for the ride.

Nothing better than family.

 Inside the far structure is a museum chockful of stuff,

but naturally the item that caught my eye was

a scrapbook of the history of Boca Grande.

It is beautiful and well documented and chockful of amazing photos

and information.

 Boca Grande was noted for housing the Calusa Indians and their fishing villages,

the discovery and mining of phosphate that was barged down to the inlet

for world wide shipment. The tarpon fishing is world renown and as well as one

of the best places for shelling.

The old phosphate dock.

 A view from behind includes the fresh water cisterns as Boca Grande

is a barrier island and that was hard to come by back in the day.

The second lighthouse reassembled in 1927 and relit in 1932 - 

works in conjuction as range lights with the pass lighthouse that was

first lit in 1890 - restored in 1985 and relit in 1986.

When sailors saw the 2 lights line up they knew to turn in the pass.

How cool is that.

In a nut shell.

You may see this in a page.

Just sayin....