Family Friday

Today I went to Bonita Beach to meet my cousin from Missouri. She also has a home at Bonita Springs that is only 5 miles from the beach.

I enjoyed the trip across the causeway as I left the island. The water was pretty choppy today and the clouds were big fluffy white ones. As I got to the last bridge, I could see nearly 20 boats heading out to the open water. Going up to the highest point, it looked (once again) like I was going to heaven. But, I knew that wasn't the case, because I was going the wrong way for that to be true. :-)

I continued on Summerlin until I got to San Carlos and then made a right turn, taking me to Ft Myers Beach. The traffic wasn't very heavy today and I was glad I decided to take this route instead of going up to 41 like I do during season. In the winter the traffic through there is usually terrible. Today it was a pleasant drive.

I followed that until I got to Bonita Beach, enjoying the sights along the way. As I passed Lover's Key State Park, I decided that I would come back there one day, because I haven't seen that beach yet.

I quickly found a place to park in the pay lot. The fee was $1 per hour. There are a few shaded picnic tables there too. Walked out onto the beach near Doc's Beach House Restaurant. The temperature was perfect and the wind was blowing, making it a great day to be on the beach. I found my cousin sitting in her beach chair in exactly the spot she had told me I could find her. We chatted for a while and then went for a long walk, south on the beach. There were shells to look at, as we walked. I found several that I think are Turrets, I'm not positive and will have to look them over better. There were also some augers and worm shells, that I picked up. I really wasn't looking closely since we were talking as we walked.

Around 4 PM, we drove over to Rodes on Bonita Beach Rd. It is a restaurant, fish and fruit market. Our service was great and the food was very good and reasonably priced.

After dinner, I made my way back through Bonita Beach, Ft Myers Beach and back to the causeway. As I went up the first bridge, I had to smile to myself, because this time it looked more like I was driving up to something really hot, instead of heaven. When I reached the highest point, the view was beautiful! As soon as I got to a turn off, I pulled over to take some pictures of the sun going down. There were a lot of other people parked there to watch. I drove on to the next island and there were even more cars there. Seeing that beautiful sunset, sure made me glad to be coming back again. :-)
Leaving on the causeway.



Bonita Beach










Driving back through Bonita Beach.








I had to laugh at my videos. I was trying to get one from where we were sitting, showing the busy area of the beach and the water and sky. I did another further south on the beach to let you get a look at some of the homes in that area. The sun was so bright that I couldn't see my camera screen, so you get to see bits and pieces and LOTS of sky. :-) Sorry, but maybe it will give you a little idea of how it looks there.