Summer Sanibel Sojourn: Sand, Shells, Sun & Sparklers - Update 7/5 About This Page:

[KandJluvdisney]

great update amy
great sunglasses
congrats on the great rate
hurry back with more please

[Grammy Grumpy]

Awesome upgrade on your hotel Amy! I love CI&S, they rock!

Can't wait to hear how much luggage you two will be taking!

Keep it coming!

[OhToodles!]

the sunglasses!
Congrats on that great hotel deal! You are going to have a blast!

[christiejay]

What a great deal! And it makes it better that is somewhere that you are comfortable staying at. Looking forward to your next update to see what you're thinking of doing!

[goofysdtr]

Sounds like a great deal on the hotel! You ladies are going to look fabulous on your trip!

[Ceara's mawmaw]

Have a blast Amy! Sounds like everything is set. Sanibel is one of my most favorite places next to WDW, of course.....

[belle0517]

Congrats one the new sunglasses!

[mcc0313]

Great updates....glad you were able to get a good rate on the hotel.

[iamgrumpy]

So its only about 25 days until we pick up the rental car and head south to our adventure to Sanibel, and I can't wait, my Green shirt has Shipped (mom's is backordered but they promised it would be in for our trip so otherwise we will not be matchy matchy), my Sunglasses have shipped and should be here by the end of the week So things are progressing.

I did finally upload a photo of the new Beach Towel that Mom got me for my Birthday and I'm so excited I found a pair of flip flops that I love and seem to be comfy. Sadly they aren't green but they are chocolate brown and blue which is such a lovely combination.

Here is the towel:


and the Flip Flops:


Well, I have been trying to decide what we will want to see and do and since I really don't want a commando trip we will decide each day as it comes but these are some of the things we want to try and see:

1. The Edison/Ford Muesems in Fort Myers which seems to be very popular and very interesting. It isn't too far and I have read that the road that they are located on is very beautiful so I am hoping that this will turn into reality.
2. We want to spend a few days obviously on Sanibel/Captiva Islands and beach bumming it and shelling so we will probably spend a good amount of the week here.
   
3. Marco Island/Naples/Bonita Beach we will spend a day and drive down to that area, we want to just see what it looks like in case we come back down on another trip (you know research really ) Plus my father's parents lived in Bonita Springs before they died and we feel like we should say our respects.
   
4. Relax, Relax, Relax that will be key to this vacation, we will let things happen as they happen if we miss something so what, we live 3 hours away we could take another trip down so there most likely would/will be a next time.
5. 4th of July is during our trip and Sanibel/Ft. Myers Beach are having fireworks and Sanibel is having a parade and festival so we will definitely be spending the 4th on Sanibel and watching the fireworks there.
   

Dining though we will have to play by ear as well depending on where we are at the time but Breakfast will be at the hotel its included with our room, and should be taken advantage of course but I did come up with a list of restaurants that come highly recommended so that we can decide where to go if we want to eat out. We will also make a grocery run so we can eat in the room if need be.

The places we have on our list of highly recommended are:
The Bubble Room (this is a must do)
Cheeburger, Cheeburger
The Mucky Duck ( we will try this one for sunset as the views we heard are amazing)
Jacaranda
The Lazy Flamingo
Island Cow
Timber's Restaurant and Fish Market
Trader's
Dolce Vita

Now obviously not every place will get chosen but this way we won't just stop at a place that will end up being a flop. I rather go with something someone has given a good review of.

With only 25 days to go I have a lot to do, packing wise, but I really don't want to get too excited because there are 25 days to go where something might go wrong. Is this normal for everyone else? do you worry about something happening to derail your trip?

[christiejay]

Great update - sounds like you will have plenty of options to choose from. Hopefully your mom's shirt will come in soon!

[Colexis Mom]

Great stuff and plans Amy! I hope nothing goes wrong for you guys!!

[chezp]

Nice plans Amy.

[lauriep]

Wonderful plans, Amy!
A couple of that all goes smoothly until you're sitting in the convertible in matching blouses.

[OhToodles!]

Cute towel!! and flip flops too.
Sounds like you've got it somewhat planned, but enough for go with the flow. The onyl restaraunt I've heard of is Cheeburger Cheeburger as we have one at one of our local malls. It's good diner type food.

[BettyBeBop]

Sounds like ou have some great plans, Amy! DH went to Marco Island years ago on a business trip and said it was just beautiful!! I think he would go back there in a heartbeat. Can't wait to watch your countdown. "Non-derailing" are flying your way.