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Date Posted: 08:00:36 11/23/04 Tue
Author: Lynn
Subject: Re: Trip Report...Part II.........OK, now the Good Stuff
In reply to: Kim 's message, "Trip Report...Part II.........OK, now the Good Stuff" on 21:59:43 11/22/04 Mon

OK, Kim, it's tomorrow, albeit early, but tomorrow nonetheless - where's the rest of your trip report?

We're waiting!!!! :)

Lynn



how I wish I could write creatively, Tink you
>could probably edit and publish, but here is my boring
>version:
>
> I have thought and thought about writing daily,and I
>did keep notes, for 4 days...then that went by the
>wayside..so I am going to do this in groups and hope I
>don't leave much out, feel free to ask questions, If I
>know or can remember I'll be happy to give you an
>answer.
>
>Paradise Was:
>
>Weather: Absolutely Awesome! There was only the one
>day that was cloudy and in the 70's with a little rain
>in the evening, otherwise, everyday had some clouds,
>no rain, in the 80's. (81-84. The only disappointment
>was Monday the 15th, the day of our Cayo Costa
>trip...WINDY WINDY WINDY, did not make for a good boat
>ride, but I'll elaborate more on that later. The 1
>drawback with the weather was that we never had winds
>from the northwest, always from the southeast and then
>northeast. So there probably could have been better
>shelling, but this chick is not complaining!
>
>Gas Prices: Average $1.93- $1.98, saw it as low going
>down at $1.83 and got it in SC for $1.74 coming home.
>Ft Myers was about $1.99-2.03. We got it on Sanibel at
>the Hess station for $2.09.
>
>Fishing: Garth bought the 1 year license as it only
>ended up being like $11 more for the whole year than
>for 2 weeks. He took his golf clubs, and a metal
>detector, never even got them out of the truck,
>fishing was his priority! He and Russ kept the Bait
>Box and Baileys busy dipping shrimp. He caught a 40"
>Redfish beside the pier and he didn't even have the
>camera (or a disposable)! We went on the fishing
>charter the first Tuesday, we caught ladyfish, Garth
>caught a 2 ft shark, and I got the biggie. My pole
>started stripping line like wild, I had a tarpon on
>the line!! What a thrill, I had to have the belt put
>on, and I fought it for 45 mintues, had him within 4
>ft of the boat twice. Garth had to take off my layers
>of clothes, I was so hot and wore out. He was about 5
>ft long, weighed about 100 lbs, then the sucker got my
>line wrapped around his gill and broke it off. I was
>soooo mad, but Capt said I could say I caught it even
>though they didn't get it in the boat cause they loved
>seeing me fight it. (I think they could have clawed it
>if they reached really far,) Garth got awesome video,
>but the pics only show the splashes, I am going to see
>if I can find someone to make a pic off the video,
>cause when he jumped I screamed!! It was soooo cool!!!
>Garth caught a 42" puppy drum from the surf, lots of
>sailcats, some mackrel. The pier actually opened
>quitely Friday and he was one of the first 10 on it,
>they opened it up to the public on Saturday. I found
>a HUGE grasshopper that he used for bait, but he
>didn't catch anything with it, but later in the day he
>caught a baby octopus...he was sooo cute, we played
>with him and took his pic before putting him back to
>the sea. Garth had a ball fishing, but I am rubbing
>it in caught the big one and I didn't even fish but
>the one day on the boat!!!
>
>Food: Everywhere we ate, the food and service were
>FAB! Mc T's all you can eat shrimp and snow crab,
>Island Cow crab sandwich, fish basket, omelets for
>breakfast. Lazy Flamingo Buffalo shrimp, tuna,
>Lighhouse for awesome seafood omlette and berry
>stuffed french toast. Kevin had told me the crab
>races were Mon eve, so we called to confirm and check
>times, they transferred us to 3 different people and
>the last woman told us it was Tues evening. So we
>went Tues eve and it WAS MONDAY!!! I knew you were
>right Kevin, but we went with the dipweed on the
>phone, we missed out the first week, so I waved at you
>guys Tuesday evening about 5:45 right after the
>sunset! We were going to go the next Monday but after
>the boat ride we were too bushed! Rosie's on the
>lighthouse end has teriffic deli sandwiches, we took a
>picnic to the beach at the end of Buttonwood. Also,
>we brought home fresh shrimp twice from the Beach
>Seafood market, L heads on $5.35 lb, they were yummy!
>Bought fresh salmon from Bailey's, and fried up
>grouper and flounder Russ and Garth caught, there is
>nothing like fresh seafood!!
>
>Hurricane: I told you I wasn't gonna dwell on it, and
>I am not only to say the islands are very fortunate,
>although the damage difference is very evident between
>Sanibel and Captiva, Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte
>defintely harbored the worst of it. On the boat, we
>saw a LOT of damage on Upper Captiva, South Seas
>looked pretty bad and Bowmans has a ton of dead trees.
>The beauty and spirit of the islands is presesdent in
>the people and the businesses. I am so glad we did
>not change our plans. I would encourage anyone who
>has reservations to go, enjoy and spend your hard
>earned money helping the businesses recoup! Everyday
>looks better and better, we do not have one bit of
>regret...only made me love it more!
>
>Shopping: Didn't get to shop a whole lot, but spend
>our money well everywhere we went! Jerry's is looking
>great, all new mulch, all lit up for Christmas, and
>lots of goodies stocked up. Neptune's has great
>fossils and shells, he is very knowledgeable and has
>the world's largest horse conch (24 1/2" long), he was
>sooo interesting to talk to, I could have stayed
>inthere with the shels for hours! There is a new
>seashell shop called the Sea Shell Co. at 1025
>Periwinkle Way, it looks very upsacle when you walk
>in, but she is very reasonable, has some different
>items and she is so very friendly as well as helpful!!
>They also carry the silver charms for $9.99.
>
>Activites:
>Other than being on the beach and shelling and
>shelling and shelling and fishing, we drove through
>Ding Darling, I was a little disappointed, didn't
>really see a lot, we must have picked a bad time of
>day, saw 1 alligator in the water, a huge turtle, a
>butterfly and some birds. The fish were jumping out
>of the water about 2 feet in the air, that was
>humorous in itself. We went through Mel Fishers
>treasures, very interesting and informative, even
>though I not into museums much but I enjoyed it. We
>wanted to Kayak, go on a Captiva cruise, go to the
>Shell museum, but we just couldn't find the time.
>Next year we need 3 weeks!
>
>I know I know, get to the shelling, I will but first I
>am going to bed. It has been a long day back, didn't
>accomplish much unpacking with Garth hitting the deer.
>He is ok, other than the airbag exploded in his face.
>The deer hit the brush guard on his truck and did all
>the damage underneath, busted the radiator and is at
>the reapir shop, so it could have been worse. I told
>him at least he bagged his deer on the first day of
>the season, he was not amused!! No he didn't bring it
>home cause he wsa on his way to work and he was on the
>mountain in fog, only going 40mph, so it could have
>been worse, just another day in the real world!
>So in tomorrows real world, I have to go to work and
>then I will try to finish up my report with Cayo
>Costa, People and Friends, and last but certainly not
>least SHELLING...are you sure you wanna hear? And then
>1 last surprise topic, but its a secret till the very
>end!!
>Till tomorrow... K

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  • Re: Trip Report...Part II.........OK, now the Good Stuff -- Bonnie, 08:18:07 11/23/04 Tue
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  • Re: Trip Report...Part II.........OK, now the Good Stuff -- Jamie, 10:42:13 11/23/04 Tue
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