Politically incorrect, perhaps, but a wonderful place to be around for a few hours. You can have lunch in town or maybe a picnic on the beach or on one of the town benches. For a workingman's fantasy, drive around to ogle the real estate north and south of Boca Grande. Or just stroll about the village and the inn. There's an old-fashioned kind of trust that governs this island.
Shopkeepers leave their doors open even when they are nowhere to be found.
The road back to reality runs through well-cultivated farmland along Route 776 east toward Port Charlotte. You might see folks fishing off an old railroad bridge over the Myakka River. That will be the last quaint sight of the day, however, given U.S. 41's congestion. Now is the time for the interstate. Naples is about an hour down I-75.