Super 8 Ft Myers Fort Myers

... with Claire at Olive Garden; took Agnes and Cliff for a ride to Captiva Island so they could see the Bubble Room Restaurant; swam in the Gulf and beautiful swimming pools at our RV Park and at their Condo, had a great dinner of barbecued ribs prepared by Claire on our last night here; and were lucky enough to see dolphins playing in the Gulf and a most amazing sunset over the water! Whew! packed a lot into a week, didn't we?

... the place. At first he was nice when I was being checked in (although he had no idea what he was doing). But when I needed some maintenance done on my room (which wasn't even clean, it was filthy, dirty bathroom and unchanged sheets) he wasn't willing to help me. I had barely any water coming out of the shower and he seemed to not care that my room was dirty. He said he ...

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.

it wiped out everything i wrote. we are here safe and sound. it` 13 hours ahead of you, so it`s saturday nite here. all is well. we loved your email!!!!! tim read it in sedona`s captain voice!!!
i`ll try tomorrow. can`t get connected to internet in my room.
love you both. give girly butt a hug and kiss from us. yourself too.
love mom

... We beat Dad, Mom, and Lu. Then Dad and I went out together and raced Gram Judi. It was going fine until the wind changed and Dad and I flipped over. At first I was scared, then I realized that the water was warm and not too deep. We flipped the boat over and kept on sailing. Now we are back in New York for a day or so, before we head to Nashville for grandmother visit number 2 and homemade chocolate cake!!!

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 Pulled into W.P. Franklin Lock, another Army Corp. of Engineers park, for a few days. While there isn't much in the way of privacy (except when you are on the side facing the water), the park is right on the water and has sites for RVs and boats. Besides the lock system, there is a long fishing pier on the saltwater side of the lock and fisherman catching lots of sand ...

... interest and no money down! They're going like hotcakes, so hustle on down to Modern Oddyseus' Lot of Alotta Cars Blowout Reduction Liquidation Close-Out Sale!" We consumed close to ten beers each, went with some friends to the bowling alley, and ordered a couple pitchers of beer. A 15-year old took an interest in our dress. We explained that it was for a birthday, and we asked the kid how old he thought Johnny was. "I don't know ... fifty ...

... in a truly heroic contest of athleticism. Making the smooth segue from food to girls, I'm reminded that every week has to have a date, even "Week of Gluttony." The only problem with "Date of the Week" X was that it followed Jojo and my contest by only two hours. I still felt like I had a car engine in my stomach. My date was Patti, a half-Colombian, half-Spaniard with (my favorite) frizzy hair. I was going to have to try hard to take heed of MODERN ODDYSEUS' DATING ...