Wow! What a great day (but I'm guessing that the first whole day of vacation always feels this way :)
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| Izzy, enjoying her donuts with an ocean view.... |
Joacim was still asleep when Izzy and I woke up, so we decided to let him snooze a bit longer and headed down to the beach.
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| It was a beach filled with all sorts of stuff! |
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| I have no idea what kind of sea grass this is, but it's pretty freaky looking....like a bunch of strange worms.... |
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| A hawk carrying it's breakfast |
We found a brochure at the hotel that described a boat outing with a naturalist, and it sounded perfect! I mean, if we're going to spend the money, we might as well learn something along the way, right?
The boat headed out to Picnic Island, which is a small, uninhabited island in the middle of the bay. Did you know that the average depth of the bay is only 4 ft???? I was shocked (see...I DID learn at least something! Money well spent!)
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| Once we got to Picnic Island, we got off the boat and used the nets provided to search for creatures. |
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| Pretty as a postcard! |
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| Here's a tiny little seahorse that someone collected....it was wiggling all over the place! |
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| She held it!!! I can't believe it but she DID IT!!! |
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| Here's a quick look at all of the little critters we got to see up close! |
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| This sea slug was pretty cool...it squirted purple ink!!! |
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| Izzy wanted to get her picture taken with the naturalist (Lindsey)! |
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| Wooohoooo! Dolphins successfully spotted!!!!!! |
After the cruise was over, it was back to the pool!
We decided to go off the island for dinner. I had 3 separate recommendations for Doc Fords, so we HAD to try it! Needless to say, it didn't disappoint!
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| I don't even know what the heck kind of mojito this was, but I CAN say that it was damn tasty! |
And we had a beautiful sunset as we crossed the bridge back to Sanibel from Ft. Meyers. What a glorious, wonderful day!!!
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