To celebrate Mom’s birthday, we headed south for some sunshine and beach time! It was a great way to celebrate her birthday and we all appreciated the warm weather (and missing the big snowstorm here).
From the moment we arrived, the weather was great so we took every opportunity to be outside. Miss H wasted no time jumping into the Gulf of Mexico.
Of course, lots of swimming led to sunbathing.
Sanibel is known for some of the best shelling so we spent a fair amount of time searching for shells.
Walking along the beach no matter the time of day was fantastic.
Of course, no birthday would be complete without dessert.
Miss H decided we should have ice cream every day we were there. No one argued.
We ate a lot of ice cream.
And, we did a lot of swimming.
On Wednesday, we decided to take a dolphin cruise out of the Sanibel Marina.
I thought we would see dolphins but did not realize how close-up we would see them.
Thursday’s weather was still nice but the wind picked up so we decided to head over to Fort Myers to check out the Edison & Ford Winter Estates. These guys had the right idea about wintering in a warm climate.
The two estates were really cool and we enjoyed walking around.
Watch out for the falling figs.
We had a great time at the beach and are looking forward to our next vacation. Miss H decided the next vacation should start ‘on Sunday.’
Spring can come at anytime!
all three of us 