Prof. William Bearington and Fabio

Naples, Florida - Horizon Beach

We arrived here in Sunny Naples, Florida on March 16th after a 1633 mile journey in a box from Colorado. It was great to see daylight again. This is a picture of us getting out of our box on the Lanai of Kevin & Katrina's grandparents. The nickname for Naples is Naples on the Gulf which is approx. 16.4 square miles

Naples is a city in Collier County with a Population of approx. 20,600 Naples is the principal city of Naples-Marco Island, Florida. Naples is one of the wealthiest cities in the United States with the sixth highest per capita income in America. Real Estae is among the most expensive in the country, with houses for sale in excess of $40 million. The city was founded in 1880 by former Confederate general and Kentucky U.S. Senator, John Stuart Williams and his partner Walter N. Haldeman the publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal.

The railroad reached Naples on Jan. 7, 1927 and linked Naples to Miami via the Tamiami Trail which is now Route 41 and was completed in 1928. Naples is located in Southwest Florida between Miami to the east and Fort Myers to the north.

Tourism is a major industry for the city. It is the home of major land reserves, including the Corkscrew Swamp, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserves, Florida Panther National Wildlife Sanctuary, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge and Picayue Strand State Forest. The Naples area is also home to the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens which dates back to 1919 and was recently purchased by the City of Naples.


It is also the home of Judith Sheindlin better know as Judge Judy, Bob Seger, rock and roll singer-songwriter/ musician and Larry Bird, former NBA basketball player, & coac and Mike Ditka former NFL player, coach and television commentator. These are only a few of the famous and well known people who live in Naples during the winter months..

We spent the day at Horizon Beach here in Sunny Naples. Temperature was 86 degrees and the water temp was 76 degrees. We got to play in the sand and did manage to get our paws wet. Of course this cooled us down a little. We saw dolphins playing in the water along with three sting rays.

We are going home to Kevin & Katrina's grandparents condo to rest as we have a big day tomorrow.
We are going to the airport to meet Kevin and Katrina.

Submitted by
Beverly Popielski