Sanibel Island

Here we are in beautiful Sanibel Island...by far our favorite place in Florida. I told Charlie that he must bring me back here every year. Some cool things about Sanibel: it is a bird refuge, so there are no street lights to keep the birds feeling all safe / you can't set off fireworks on the island because of the huge wildlife refuge here / you can bike the whole island...all you need is there and it's a flat terrain / there are shells as far as the eye can see (and I'm talking huge shells) and that's because the island is shaped like a scoop facing the gulf, so the shells get trapped on the beach. My favorite parts were hanging with Joe and Charlotte, riding bikes to the lighthouse at night (when it was pitch dark), kayaking in the Ding Darling Wildlife preserve, seeing the stingrays swim right around Charlie's legs, and seeing the perfect rainbow after the afternoon storm on our last day. Ohhhhh, I wish I was still there!!