I’ll never forget my first visit to Caspersen Beach, in Venice, Florida. I was amazed at seeing such a wild and natural shoreline so close to Sarasota. The beach was full of all types of flotsam: bones, feathers, shells, sea fans, seaweed, rocks and shark teeth. I was taking it all in when this strange […]
For those of you who’ve stuck around all the way to the end of this blog post, here’s a cool panoramic photo I put together with my iphone (click photo to enlarge):
In 2007, I had the good fortune of reconnecting with my best high-school buddy, Alex Kerr. Hadn’t seen him in nearly 25 years. We took a tour of our old stomping grounds on Anna Maria Island, then drove down the coast and stopped at one of my favorite beachcombing beaches: Caspersen Beach, in Venice, FL. […]
How many beaches on the southwest coast of Florida appear today as they did 500 years ago? Not very many. But Caspersen Beach is one of those rare places. Just take a look at the photo above. The beach is lined with cabbage palms (Florida’s state tree). Native grasses and sea grapes join the palms […]
