Oh well, in my humble “opinion”, I am updating my narrative of Town Center to 4 Stars □□□□, (since I gave it 5 stars before) because I heard of an unfortunate incident at the I have heard some say Town Center is second to Mizner Park. The parking lot is full and had to drive around 20 min. The place was clean and the interior was very festive. This place is rocking! Lines are long and could barely catch up with my group. Lots of clients and sales, most especially in the shoe area. Its a wonderful time of the year to ge to be at Town Center. We will be back to both walk the boardwalk and to visit the Nature Center. Talking to one volunteer she said that they are made up of year round and some snow bird volunteers. Gumbo Limbo is run by both paid employees and volunteers. Signs identify each of the different species. We spend a long time watching the fish, rays, turtles, eels moving around the tanks. Two large tanks about three feet deep with windows so you can view the fish swimming from above or through the windows plus another two tanks over ten feet deep that you view through large windows. The Outdoor Marine Aquariums are amazing. It’s a good place to relax and look at the water. The butterfly garden is on the north end and it has a path called Ashley Trail that heads around and down to the intercoastal where there is a small beach and bench. Boardwalk, Turtle rescue, Fish, Butterfly garden. Gumbo Limbo is made up of four different parts. She explained a little about each turtle and why it was there. It was about the different turtles in the tanks there. There were about 20 people there listening to the talk. There is a long ramp that switches back for wheelchair or walkers to easily use. We just happened to arrive just before this talk was starting So we headed off down to the lower lever. The woman at the desk asked us if we needed a map and suggested that we go to see the Turtle talk downstairs. Once inside there are a few exhibits to look at. I didn’t really know what to expect inside the Nature Center. Now that the Nature Center is reopened to the public I went there with my wife and my mother. My wife got a nice canvas shoulder bag with a turtle on it. Everything is a bit expensive but you are helping to support Gumbo Limbo so it’s fine. There is also a gift shop off the main room that has very nice gifts. I’m sure it’s only a small part of what keeps this place running. You can go into the Nature Center for free but they ask for donations. The boardwalk is almost half a mile with a couple of side trails. Parking which is to the south and attached to the Golf Course and the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. I walked on the Gumbo Limbo boardwalk that’s between Ocean Blvd.
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