Fort Myers Beach/ Part 1

The is the best parking lot- right by the beach

I spent a few hours the other day walking around Ft.Myers Beach. It's really a fun & quirky kind of place. I don't really go there often because it's not so great for shelling. But for restaurants/bars & shopping, it's cool.













Have you ever walked up to the top of the bridge? I did it! I was really freaked out though and would not recommend it! I'll stick to driving it from now on.

View from the the top

We're never far from fresh seafood!

I  like older homes with some character. Not the big tacky mansions.

Perfect! And walking distance to the beach.

One day I'm sure these old cottages will be torn down- either hurricanes or developers- but I think they are really great.

Display Tables

Has a glass top- Ready to show off your shells

Ex. of Blue, but he does yellow & green as well

How Could I be so CLUELESS!?!?!

Glad to be back!
Now, I really should not admit this but here goes. First a little back story:
We moved from Tx. 10 years ago to SW Florida.  I was 8 miles from Sanibel so I was on the beach all the time. When my son was in 1st grade and at school, I'd take my 2 yr. old over and enjoy the beaches. Then I'd push her  in her stroller until she was asleep and I'd go shelling! It was great. Coming from growing up around Galveston Island I really didn't know one shell from the other- it's pretty much "driveway-shells" on those beaches. Well, I certainly didn't know the names of shells here, but I knew they were something special! So, I'd collect everything I liked, clean them up and stick them in a jar. Now, fast forward to 10 yrs. later. My dad needed some shells for these cool display tables he makes and asked me to look thru my jars to see if there was anything he could use. Well, when I found this I was speechless!  I must have found this Junonia before I knew what a great find it would be!  Even get my picture in the paper on Sanibel (which I'm still shooting for).

It's pretty thin and busted- but who cares?

 

4 1/2 " long

 So, I have moved it out of it's hiding place and will really be on the hunt for a Junonia now!!

Have a great week-  and let me know your best find.

Happy Easter!

Don't you hate it when life gets in the way of your fun!?
I'll be back to the blog next week.  In the meantime, enjoy your Easter- and for us- Spring Break! Finally!!

Awwww! Gopher Tortoise

Barefoot Beach

Hello! I took my daughter(10) and her friend to the beach on Saturday. We had a blast! Very easy to spend the day at Barefoot Beach. We spent about 5 hours on the beach shelling/playing and of course- eating!  Luckily these 2 are interested in shelling!

There was a guy fishing by us- they had to see what he caught

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 After the beach we decided to go on the hiking trail- It was really pretty. I think it was 1 & 1/4 miles long. Now normally this would be fine- but, it was H-O-T! We did make it to the end, which was great but we weren't thinking about how we'd have to walk back!

Gopher Tortoise

We really enjoyed splashing around for a while before we headed back.

We were hoping this was a sno-cone stand!

We are ready to go back to the beach though! Good shelling day!!

Haven't found this many worm shells in a long time

Score!!

Khakifish Signs

This is my new favorite sign that we've made. It was a little hard to come up with a favorite shell though! Hope you like it. If you haven't already, you can 'like' my page on Facebook:

You can find me @ Khakifish Signs.  Have a great day- I'm ready for this rain to come and go today so I can hit the beach in the morning!  stephanie