Beaches!
Beaches!
And More Beautiful Beaches!
Fort Myers has beautiful beaches!
Ft. Myers Beach also has colorful shops along the beach.
Most of our time here was enjoying the beautiful beaches. Pictured is the bridge we crossed on the way to the beach.
We left the Keys and headed for Fort Myers. We had reservations to stay in North Fort Myers, but when we arrived at the RV park we were told they had overbooked and they had no place for us, even through we had booked the park before Thanksgiving and we paid in full for 2 weeks. They offered us a dry camp site (no water, electric or sewer) for free or they would try to get us a spot somewhere else. Since we don’t like to dry camp we asked them to find us a place in another RV park.
Luckily they were able to book us in Fort Myers Beach, near Mary Jane and Dave. We preferred Fort Myers Beach anyway because we were closer to the beach and closer to our friends. This is the first place during our wintering in Florida that we were not able to be in the same RV park with them. As luck would have it, we were able to get a spot in a park which was only 3 miles from Mary Jane and Dave and only 3 ½ miles from the beach..
Mary Jane and Dave were in the San Carlos RV park which was surrounded by water so we decided to leave Joni’s kayak at their campsite. We didn't have water for kayaking in our park.
One day they took a kayak ride and got a little lost. There are a lot of Mangroves that all look the same. When they saw the bridge to the beach, they knew they had gone far, but they also knew which direction to go to get back to the RV park. After about 6-8 miles and three hours later they were back “home”.
They kayaked alot in the Gulf of Mexico also. One trip took them across the water from the mainland to Ft. Myers Beach island. That trip was mostly in shallow water, but they had to cross the channel where the water is deep for the big boats to get through. Time passed quickly as they found themselves back after about 6-8 miles and 2 1/2 hours.
A cold front arrived in Fort Myers just a few days after we did. Chilly days and cold nights lasted a few days and then it was back in the 70s and 80s again. The cold temps didn't stop Joni and Mary Jane from taking a bike ride along the beach that day. The low tide made the ride easy because the sand was hard.
We passed an RV park, The Red Coconut RV Park, which allows you to park right along the sand.
We’ve enjoyed visiting churches every Sunday. Nothing compares to our home church in Grapevine, Texas – Memorial Baptist ! Pictured is First Baptist in Ft. Myers Beach, located across the street from the beach and has a beautiful view.
We decided to visit Joni’s parents one more time before we started our trek up north, so we drove to Coral Springs to spend one more night with them. It was nice to be able to visit them often as if we lived in the neighborhood and could come and go easily.
We met some very nice people, John and Mary Tippy, who were parked next to us. They enjoyed bike riding so e took a ride with them to the beach one day. It was a three and one half mile ride one way, so we totaled 7 miles on that ride.
After 1 week we had to move to another campground, just 2 miles away, as did the Mulaskis'. But we were still in separate parks and still able to bike ride, kayak, play bridge, play tennis and go to the beach together.
Delton is getting to be a pretty good tennis player and has enjoyed playing doubles with Mary Jane and Dave. He would like to beat Joni one day at singles, but Joni won’t let that happen…….
Delton and Joni took an afternoon car ride to Sanibel Island and took a walk there. It’s a shelly beach so we picked some shells to take back with us.
Delton looked cute standing next to the "shell bush" we passed on our walk.
It was hard to leave Ft. Myers Beach. But - on to our next venture!
