Did you know that the number of Italians who immigrated to the United States from 1820 to 2004 is equal to the current population of Colorado, or say Minnesota, or even Maryland? Paul Scopel here with ‘You, Me and The Dock’ and your traveling Italy concierge. Five and a half million Italians left their families...
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Experience Estes Park, Colorado
If you ever happen to visit Northern Colorado, you have to experience Estes Park. This touristy but very laid-back mountain town offers some of Colorado’s most beautiful mountainous scenery. When traveling up the Big Thompson Canyon, in every direction you look nature frames its poetic landscape one frame at a time. With its artsy...
SW Florida’s Estero Island
SW Florida’s Estero Island is a very beautiful place. I decided to take the drone out and video several parts of this amazing island. We started mid island – Newton Park, and worked our way north to Bow Ditch Park. From there we moved south of mid island to do our final shoot. Estero...
Lovers Key State Park – Above it all
Lovers Key State Park is made up mostly by a combination of 4 barrier islands and keys. They are Black Island, Lovers Key, Inner and Long Key. The park offers fabulous beaches, tropical terrain and a variety of foliage. Lovers Key State Park is a wildlife enthusiast utopia here on earth. You can find an...
Ft Myers Beach makes the Guinness Book of World Records
In SW Florida two island communities got together and achieved a milestone. On June 21, 2018 just after noon, one thousand and ninety three local participants from several communities made The Guinness Book of World Records. The world renowned and official book of world records declared the two island communities of FMB and Sanibel...
2018 Food Photo Expo
Its that time again for You, Me and The Dock’s – 2018 Photo Expo themed Food! This is our 2nd – biannual edition for 2018. Here is where our followers, loyal subscribers and casual readers can get seen and published. We have invited people via our social media channels to send us their “Foodie”...
Ft Myers Beach Time Square and Pier
When you think ‘Time Square”, what is the first thought that crosses your mind? There’s no doubt that New York immediately comes to mind. And why wouldn’t it! New York City’s Time Square is a well known landmark around the world. However, there is another Time Square only known to the locals. It resides...
Ft Myers Beach Old San Carlos Blvd
Ft Myers Beach’s downtown district is divided into several sections. There is the Estero Blvd that travels the length of the island – north to south, Time Square which leads out to the pier, and Old San Carlos Blvd. In 1921 a toll bridge was established to bring visitors to and from Crescent Beach – known...
Estero Island’s Bowditch Point Park
Bowditch Point Park resides on the northern tip of SW Florida’s Estero Island – the city of Ft Myers Beach. This seventeen acre regional park and nature preserve was used for depositing dredged waste coming from the boating lanes leading though the Matanzas Pass. The sea bed’s waste created the highest elevation on the island....