Descriptions of the construction progress of my new Florida model railroad featuring the line from Lakeland to Punta Gorda. Originally a journal of RV trips throughout the United States and Canada with Patti and Bob. Also photo documentation of the progress on my Maryland model railroad, the Allegheny and Shenandoah, a mythical class one line connecting Strasburg VA. with Elkins WV.
The restored Punta Gorda Depot is now a museum. This area was once a phosphate mining town but now just us old geezers. Bottom photo show the original colored and white laboratories.
These are two of the barrier islands that protect Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda from the Gulf. The bottom photo is of Tarpon Lodge, an old Florida inn where you expect FDR or Ernest Hemingway to come down the hall at any moment.
