Hot Tubbing our way through Florida

Posted by admin on January 26th, 2010 filed in Travel

In mid December, Jerry and I vacationed in Naples, Florida. The weather wasn’t too hot, but it was still warm enough and the days were clear and the sun was shinning. We spent a good part of our two days here, at one of the better Florida resort hotels, in the hot tub reading our books; it was so nice and relaxing. It was a great way to spend the day in our opinion. Naples is an affluent community located on the southwest coast of Florida. It has miles of great beaches and great restaurants. It was a wonderful place to spend two relaxing days at, but the town does close down at 9pm! We found that out the hard way. We were in search of a package store, but there was nothing open.
 
We did manage to fit in a driving trip to Sanibel Islands and stop for lunch at Bert’s Bar and Grill in Matlacha. We sat on the outside deck drinking a beer and eating some of the best bar food ever served. We headed on to Darling National Wildlife Preserve and watched the cranes feeding in the marshes. We then headed to Pine Island, which we felt we went through a time-warp. The island is a throw-back to the 70’s. We drove back to our resort to once again spend time in the marvelous hot-tub.
 
The next morning, we checked out and made our way to Everglades City. That’s where we went on a jet boat ride! The boat was a flat-bottom boat with high open seating. We sped through the mangroves and raced after some wildlife; it was great fun. After our most environmentally unfriendly boat tour, we drove to Chokoloskee Island and had lunch at the Havana Cafe. We got to meet the owner who was extremely friendly and we complimented his cuisine; that’s when he asked us if we were staying the night, because he’d invite us over to his home and let us use his hot-tub that apparently, has a great view over the water. How could we say no?

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