La Quinta Inn & Suites Naples Airport

We've had such a fabulous week in Ft. Myers! Spent lots of time reconnecting with Greg's Uncles Cliff and Steve and Aunts Agnes and Eleanor, who have a really nice timeshare condo on Estero Island, looking out onto the Gulf. Mid-week, Greg's Cousin Claire arrived, after her long drive down from Toronto.

Greg got in a couple of bridge games with Cliff and Steve and Eleanor; we celebrated Agnes and Cliff's 59th ...

Så er vi ankommet til Florida. Vi ankom igår og fandt et billigt motel med pool. Så efter en lang køretur, var det perfekt at kunne tage en svømmetur i poolen. I dag har det været ca. 35 grader, så jeg har sat pris på aircon idag. Vi var dog ude på stranden og fiske og bade lidt. Lau fangede en babyhaj, men ellers har der ikke været noget held. Det er helt rart at have en lidt mindre proppet tidsplan nu, så er der mere tid til at komme helt ned i gear. I morgen står den på køretur til Miami

... finally reached the beach with its long long stretches of golden sandy beach and golden white sand tickling your feet. We walked and paddled in the water before returning to be picked up by our executive buggy to go back to our kingdom.

After a soak in the Bath the Size of France we headed down to dine like stars in the restaurant, food was excellent and so was the service. The after dinner cocktail also had a far too ...

We all hate mosquitoes. We have pulled together a top 10 list of what
you can do to minimise the risk of attack from mosquitoes.

1. Mosquitoes
   are most active at dawn and dusk. Always keep some repellent in your
   bag to ensure that if your schedule is disrupted or you lose track of
   time, you can apply the repellent anywhere. Travellers often get
   carried away, having a few drinks at the beach bar and fail to notice
   that the sun has set ...
   Everglades City, Florida, United States roomguide

We got up early today and drove to Sanibel Island. For those who haven't been there, Sanibel & Captiva Islands on the Gulf of Mexico have some of the nicest beaches around, and Sanibel is known for fantastic shelling.

While walking over the inland waterway to get to Bowman Beach, the girls spotted a manatee and watched it amble under the foot bridge we were on and swim off into the distance. The tide was ...

We ate breakfast at the hotel restaurant, Courtney's, then checked out. We drove to one of the public beach access areas and headed out to do some more shelling. We found more treasures! The girls went out at first in just shorts, but that didn't last long. There were signs on the roads to watch out for gopher tortoises...but we didn't see any!

We then drove on to Lake City to stay at the same Comfor Suites...still very nice!

... I had a half-dozen oysters on the half shell and a grilled grouper sandwich. It was tasty.

Katie and I went back out to the beach at low tide and found some real treasures. Sarah was still not feeling great, so she watched cartoon network.

We had planned on going back out early for the next low tide (it was at 5:30a.m.), but it was storming. Which was actually a great thing because it meant the shelling even at high tide was going to be good.

The hotest day yet! Temperature 91+. Visited the Everglades again this time at Shark Valley. Travelled by tram to an observation point. Alligators aplenty and different birds including blue herons, turkey vultures, willow blue herons, northern cardinals, roseate spoonbills, iibis, two rare sandhill cranes amongst others. Also saw a turtle laying eggs. Not as many animals as usual as it ...

Christmas Day 2008 - December 29th After our great Christmas lunch and being pushed along by the Campground Host....we took off to Collier Seminole State Park in the Everglades National Park just south of Naples. The place was jumping! Moms and Dads and kids and Grandparents!!! It was one of the most jumping campgrounds we have experienced. Tents and huge ...

... channel. A few alligators, loads of fish in the water that all the herons were feeding on and a few small turtles. The local deputy arrived in his patrol car, just as we were slapping on the anti - mozzi because the weather had gone really humid after the rain. We had a really good chat with him and he left us with the advice to use plenty of spray but even so ' We always like you folks coming here, cos we knows you are always gonna give blood'!! We drive ...