Woke to fog with a vague hint of light beyond. Breakfast at the hotel (poor) a quick stop at Starbucks and then on to Sanibel Island. This visit we headed out to Bowman's Beach to see if shells can still be found there. Slim pickings. We walked a mile down the beach to the NW and found little interesting. The sun broke through however and the beach and water were magnificent. Water maybe 76 degrees and the beach nearly empty.
After an hour and a half we moved down the road to the Ding Darling Refuge and took several photos in the preserve. Many nice White Pelicans.
Next we were off to tour the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers.
Interesting to see how these early inventors and industrialists were the snow birds of the day. Lovely homes gardens and exotic plantings and many trees. Edison was trying to identify which trees could produce the best rubber compounds for Ford's cars.
Stopped at the cigar bar again on the way back to the hotel to enjoy more Olympics. As we left the cigar bar Charles unfortunately made what Emaleen (below) thought was a pass. Big Mistake. Emaleen followed Charles to The Connection Bar & Grille and demanded dinner! I let the love birds work it out while I enjoyed a Chicken corn chowder..yummy.
Ran into a car show after dinner as Emaleen drifted off in a cloud of haze. Some really sweet cars from the 50's and 60's.
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