The Last Hurrah

We spent our last week in Florida on Nettles Island.  It's a beautiful mobile home park in Jensen Beach.  With all the amenities, restaurants, beachfront pool area and the beach itself, Sandi thought she was on a cruise.  We'll try to spend a full month here next year!

 Private parking area for the beachfront pool area

   Lunch at Shuckers restaurant.  Charlie and Bev came to visit us.

 Sandi's happy place!

 Nice spot to park the scooter

 Just a day at the beach!

 Hanging at the pool

 This was our private dock for the week but we were happy to share it with the pelicans.

 Tough place to leave!

 I like this better than shoveling snow!

 Who doesn't like fresh coconuts?

 View from the inter-coastal pool.

 Hot tub buddies, Kathi and Michael from Minnesota.

 

We left Nettles and stopped in Sebastian to spend a day at Charlie and Bev's house.  Thanks for the hospitality!! 

 ATF Special Agent at the Tiki Bar!  "Hide the stuff"

We enjoyed spaghetti dinner with Cousin Luigi and family in Melbourne for our last day in Florida, Thanks Cuz!

We are currently dragging our feet up  Route 95 on our way back home.
 

Mothers Day

Mom's are awesome!
This week we spent time in Naples with Suzie's mom then crossed over the alley to the east coast of Florida and out to the Elks with Mary Lou's mom in Stuart!

                                            Good crowd at Naples Beach

                              Sightseeing on the pier!  (this ones for you Minit)

                                            Beautiful Day!!

                                                Lunch at Tin City with Louise

                                               Leaving Naples at a turtle pace.

                                  Shrimp cocktail and cocktails with Lou at the Stuart Elks.
Our new home for a day.  This is actually the first time we spent the night at a Walmart!

               Here we are snuggled away in the back of a well treed spacious parking area.

                             Sandi at one of three gazebos in the parking lot.
                      Yeah, you might be a red neck if you live in a parking lot!

                                              Well, off to Jensen Beach!

Fort Myers Beach

We departed Venice, stopped in Punta Gorda for another day (love that town, too bad no beaches) on our way to Fort Myers Beach. We weren't expecting much from Fort Myers Beach but were pleasantly surprised. Soft sand, lots of bars restaurants and t-shirt shops. We stayed at an R/V park which was right on the beach to seek shelter from NEMO.

 Pier at the Punta Gorda Elks

 Shirley B. Shrimpin!  Tried getting shrimp off the boat but it was the wrong day. Oh well.

 View while we had lunch at Lashley Park

 Arriving at Sanibel Island

 They have a sense of humor at the Sanibel Chamber of Commerce!

and they are very accommodating to RV's. Never seen a sign like this before!

 One small road in and out of Captiva.

 Bridge from Captiva to Sanibel.

                                              Sandi getting sandy on Sanibel sand.

                                             Can anyone identify this??

                                             Beach Art

                                               Bye bye Sanibel...

                                             Hello Ft. Myers Beach and traffic!

                                                  Pretty little beach town....

                                                 with traffic!

                                             Cocktails on the beach!

                                               Kayaking around San Carlos Island, FUN!!

                                                       Shrimp boat fleet.

                                                           My little playmate!

                                            Apre kayak cocktails at the Nauti Turtle!

                                             These campers had a sad ending to their trip.
                                              Fire at the Red Coconut RV Park, bummer!

                                                 Beachfront camping, we stayed here for the weekend.

                                                          Queen Sandi

                                                    Aye, Matie!!

                                                           Swashbuckling!

                                             Dolphin Show!

                                                  What snow storm???

                                                           Sea Goddess!

Finally got a picture of a Bald Eagle.  What an awesome sight!

It was a great week on the islands, now we are off to Naples..