I ka wā i'ōlelo mai ai koʻu kaikunāneʻo DC Stultz, e hele anaʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi R & R ma Southwest Florida, ua noi au iā ia e lawe i nā kiʻi a waiho i kahi hōʻike holo moku noʻu. He hana nuiʻo ia! Eia kāna mau hana.
Manaʻo paha i kahi e hele ai nā poʻe o Florida i ko lākou mau hoʻomaha? ʻO kekahi, hele kekahi i ka'ākau eʻike i nāʻohana a he poʻo i nā mauna - He mea makemake loaʻo North Carolina. ʻO ka hapa nui, akā, ke alakaʻi nei mākou i kahi'ē aʻe o Florida.
Loaʻa kahi kahi hou a kahi wahi punahele paha e kipa ai.
ʻO ia ke kumu i kāohi aku ai wau me kaʻu wahine i ka van a hele akula iā Ft. ʻO Beach Myers a me Sanibel Island. Noho wale mākou iʻelima mau mile mai ke kahakai maikaʻi loa, akā, ua hoʻoholo mākou e pono mākou e hele i kahi wahi iʻikeʻoleʻia.
Ft. Aiaʻo Myers ma kaʻaoʻao hema hema o Florida. Ua maʻalahiʻo ia ma kaʻaoʻao o I-275 ma ka puʻu o St. Petersburg, ma luna o ka kaulanaʻo Sunshine Skyway Bridge a lailaʻo I-75 iā Ft. ʻOka. ʻO ka huakaʻi he 130-mile wale nō i lawe wale iʻelua mau hola a me ka hapalua hora ma kēlā a me kēia hope e piʻi i ke ākea a hiki i kahi kahakai a hiki mākou i laila.
Ma muli o ka kānalua i ka wā hana,ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke holomua i nā mākaʻikaʻi. No laila, pono mākou e hoʻolālā e mālama i ka pō ma mua o ko mākou haʻaleleʻana. Mahalo i kekahi mau loulou ma luna o Dawn o Florida no nā wahi malihini kipa i hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa, koho, a loaʻa i nā kānana ma ka Pink Shell Beach Resort ma ka tipuna'ākauʻo Ft.
ʻO Beach Myers, kahi o 3/4 mile mai ke alahaka a me ke kūlanakauhale.
Loaʻa iā mākou kahi lumi hoʻolālā hale hoʻolālā maikaʻi me nā mō'īwahineʻelua queen, kahi lumi kīkī liʻiliʻi me ka luana umu wela, microwave, ka pahu fri a me nā meaʻai he nui, nā maka aniani a me nā mea kālā no nā meaʻehā. Aia mākou ma ka papa'ahāhā (heʻelima papa hale) a he pale poʻomaka e nānā ana i ke kahawaiʻo Mexico a me ka mokupuniʻo Sanibel.
ʻO ka Pink Shell kahi hale nui me nāʻano hale noho likeʻole - he mau kahakai ko lākou, nā suites a me nā hale kūpono no ka hoʻolālāʻana i nā kālā a me ka nui o kaʻohana. ʻEkolu kauwaiwai aʻo nāʻoihana a pau he pono ma kahakai. ʻElua halekai a me nā moku e ukuʻia no ka lawaiʻa a me ka holoholoʻana.
Ua wehe mākou i ka van a hoʻokuʻu houʻia e nānā i ko mākou wahi hou. Uaʻike ko mākou'ōpū ua pale mākou i kaʻaina awakea, no laila ua kiʻekiʻe i kā mākou papahana. I kahi mile ma ke komohana o ke kauhale, uaʻike mākou iā Squiggy, he meaʻahaʻaina hoʻokipa kahiko kahiko me nā kiʻi nui 50s i mua. He maikaʻi nā hamburger.
Uaʻike mākou ua hoʻonohoʻia ka Post Office ma hope o ia mea a waiho aku i kēlāʻike no ka hoʻohana houʻana i ka leka uila.
Ke hoʻokuʻu nei i kahi haʻahaʻa ma lalo o ke alanui, ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau pā kaʻa RV. Aia ka Hale Coconut Coconut RV mau wahi kaʻa kaʻa no RV ma nāʻaoʻaoʻelua o ke alanui. He meaʻokoʻaʻole ka loaʻaʻana o kahi pale kūikawā kūikawā ma kahi kahakai. Ma ka pololei a ma kahi o ka kahakai kahakai RV ma nā hale kūʻaiʻo Gulfview, he hale Bakena maoli ia (ʻo ia hoʻi kona inoa!). Ua loaʻa wau i kahi kakahiaka e holo ai i nā kuʻikahi i kēlā kakahiaka i kēia kakahiaka a hiki mākou i laila. ʻO Delicious. E hāpai i kahi baguette - a laila e hoʻomaha i ka hale kūʻai meaʻai no ka lihi a loaʻa iāʻoe ka'ā'ā o ka pō.
Downtown Me. Heʻuʻuku ko Myers Beach. E pili ana iʻeono mau'āpana pohā o nā hale kikaʻi kaʻa a me nā meaʻai. Aia kahi pūnaewele kahakai o ke kahakai ma ka'ākau o kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hānai i nā mīkini kaʻa kaʻa ma kahi hapahā no kēlā me kēia 20 minuke. Aia kekahi mau wahi kaʻa kaʻa kaʻawale e uku ana i $ 5 no ka paila a pau.
Inā makemakeʻoe e haʻalele i ke kaʻa ma ka hale hōkele o ka hōkele, aia he'ōmaʻaʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula e holo pinepine ana aʻo ka'auhā he hapaha wale nō ia. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā kaʻa kaʻa, nā kaʻa a me nā kaʻa kaʻa me Harley ma nā wahi o ke kauhale. ʻO kā mākouʻoihana punahele kahi lua-kūpuniʻo ka mumpo moped. ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻolimalima kahi, akā,ʻo ia, he mea hauʻoli. Aʻo ka mea a mākou iʻike ai ma ke ala, ua maʻalahi ka mālamaʻana i ke alakai kahakai.
Aia kahi iʻa lawaiʻa lōʻihi. Loaʻa ka loaʻaʻole aʻaʻole ponoʻoe i ka lawaiʻa lawaiʻa wai paʻakai o ke kaiʻo Florida no ka iʻa mai.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā mea kelepa ma ka'āpana ma hope o ka lā.
Hele mākou i Sanibel Island ma ka lua o ka lā ma ia wahi. ʻO ka mea mua kahi hōʻike hoʻokahi,ʻo ka nele o nā hotels a me nā condominium maha. ʻAʻole lākou eʻaeʻia. ʻO ka mea hou āu iʻike ai, ināʻoe e hoʻokuʻu i ke alanui nui ma ka moku,ʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻike pono i ke kahawaiʻo Mexico a me ke kai kūʻono. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hale a me nāʻoihana i hoʻonohonoho ponoʻia ma waho o ke alanui. ʻO ka hoʻoukaʻana ma ke alanui i ka wikiwiki mākaʻikaʻi ke hoʻomaha. Ua hoʻomanaʻo mai nā lāʻau i uhiʻia iaʻu i kekahi o nā alanui ma ka'āina haʻahaʻa ma Charleston. ʻO kaʻoihanaʻole.ʻO ka JN "Ding" Hoʻokipa Lahui'Āina he mea pono ke kū ma ka mokuʻo Sanibel. Aia kahi pūnaeweleʻikeʻole me kahi mau hōʻike. Aia kahi ala kaiʻelima mile e lele nei ma waena o nā mokupuni mangrove. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻoholo i kāu kaʻa a holo i ke kaʻa. ʻO ke kālā he $ 5. No kaʻikeʻana i nā holoholona o nā holoholona laulā, makemake wau iāʻoe e hele i kakahiaka nui aiʻole i ka hopena o ke ao. Hoʻomaʻaʻia ke alahele mai ka lā 7:30 am a hiki i ka hola 8 pm Ua hala ka manawa aʻaʻole mākou iʻike i nā manu he nui (kahi'ē aʻe e hānai ana ma kahi'ē). Akā, uaʻike mākou i ka pilikino maoli, ola, 3-kapuai! ʻAʻohe mea iʻoi aku ma mua o Florida ma mua o kaʻikeʻana i kahi alligator, e hōʻea i loko o 8 kapuaʻi me ka pāʻole i waena oʻoe me ia, a me ka noho e haʻi e pili ana.
Ua weheʻia ko mākouʻimiʻimi Internet no kahi hoʻokipa ma West End - Paradise, kahi e pili ana i ka Darling Refuge. ʻAʻole lākou he hakahaka i ko mākou heleʻana, akā, ua makemake mākou e kali eʻike i ke aloha a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mea nona ka hale,ʻo Peter Wilkins, he mea maikaʻi loa a ua wikiwikiʻo ia e pane mai i ka leka uila.
Ua kūkuluʻia kona hale kūkulu haleʻelua i kahi hoʻolālā hale i kūkuluʻia he 1,000 kapuaʻi mai ke kahakai. Hāʻawi lākou i nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa e holo ai i ke kahakai aiʻole he wahi kaʻa kaʻa wahi kaʻawale paha kahi e pili ana i kahakai no ka poʻe malihini. Ma muli o kaʻae maikaʻiʻana o Peter, uaʻike mākou i kāna hapa o ka kahakaiʻo Sanibel Island a makemake mākou.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino,ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke noho lōʻihi e like me kekahi o kēlā mau ua ua hiki iā mākou i ka scrambling no ka van ma hope o ka manawa pōkole ma ke kahakai.
Ma kona wahi mamao loa, uaʻike mākou i nā pūpū i ka manawa a mākou i hōʻea ai. Auē,ʻo nā manu kahiko ka loaʻaʻana o nā pūpū ma Sanibel a me kona kāpenaʻo Captiva.
Ua lilo ka ua i mea maikaʻi no kaʻu wahine. Ma ko mākou hoʻiʻana, uaʻike mākou i ka hale kūʻai kūʻai Periwinkle Place ma Sanibel. Ua hoʻolālāʻia i loko o kona kaiāulu, mai ke alanui eʻikeʻoleʻoe he 40 mau hale kūʻai. Ua uhiʻia nā ala hele, no laila mākou, a me nā mea'ē aʻe he nui, i ke ahiahi i ke nānāʻana i nā hale kūʻai. Ua hūnāʻia (mai ke alanui, ma ka liʻiliʻi),ʻo ka Sanibel Island Chowder Company kahi i loaʻa ai iā mākou he maikaʻi, i ka hopena, i kaʻaina awakea.
ʻAʻole mākou e hānai iāʻoe me ka lā a me ka pāʻani nui e pāʻani ai. Ponoʻole mākou e'ōlelo, ua hauʻoli mākou i ko mākou nohoʻana ma kaʻaoʻao hema hema o Florida. Paipai mākou i ka wahi no kahi maikaʻi, waihoʻia o ka hoʻomaha.
Nā kuhikuhi:
I-75 Komohana a hiki i Fort Myers. ʻO ka puka 21 ka pukaʻoi loa o I-75 no nā kahakai. Hāʻalo maikaʻiʻia ka ala me nā hōʻailona iā Ft. ʻO Myers Beach, Sanibel a me Captiva. Ma ke ala, e hele anaʻoe i ka Mile Cypress (ke ala i ke alahele 41), e waiho hema ma Highway 869 (Summerlin) e alakaʻi pololei i ka hale kūʻai $ 3 ma mua o kou heleʻana i ke alahaka i ka mokupuniʻo Sanibel.
Ināʻo Ft kahi āu e hele ai. Ma ka Beachʻo Myers, e huliʻoe ma kaʻaoʻao hema ma Highway 865 (San Carlos). He 15 mau mile mai ke kuhiʻana iā Ft. ʻO koʻu kahakaiʻo Myers, ma kahi o 17 mau mile a hiki i Sanibel.