Posted on 09/29/2022 8:27:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
Probably ship them in from China now.
Mad Hatter is one of our faves too. That, the Bubble Room, and the Island Cow for every day dining
“I bet the storm brought up a lot of good seashells”
And Sharks Teeth! We want to go this weekend but considering what they just went through.... figured maybe in a few weeks.
These are islands so hopefully everyone got out before the storm.
I hope you are right and people let.
There was mandatory evacuation ordered
Three foot for Sanibel and seven for captiva
We too have been there almost annually in dead winter from Nashville
I’ve been to Sanibel. It is nice.......or was.................🤷♂️
It was, and will be again. 💕
Mad Hatter in Sanibel
Excellent 💕💕
Been there. Florida has boats!
Southwest Florida is not the hot zone for big storms northern gulf or Carolinas are
The weather systems have to be perfect to turn them to 30 or 40 degrees northeast
This one was ad though no question
And a daylight storm
It seems the worst pick nighttime
We used to do thanksgivings at the very first house to the right past the tiny bridge that divides captiva from sanibel
It was huge and thanksgiving week was cheap
Pool
8 bedrooms
Elevator
Deep water dock on the bay
Beach right across street maybe 40 yards
Id take everybody inc some extended family would fly down
We did that maybe six years
Loved that place
Captiva is a hair more quaint with that huge resort at northern tip
I haven’t been in two years
Kids are mostly grown
That Italian place sanibel on stilts with the big tomato cans for pizza placemat
First time we stayed a little in on south sanibel
Florida cinder blocks right on water
Cool place owners really nice
Walk out front door from cottages onto beach
A gem of America those two islands
Shame
Know the house you’re talking about. Never stayed there. We have stayed just up SanCap road at tweenwaters inn. Our go to is the westwind inn on west gulf drive.
Wonder what happened to this one?
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/16512-Captiva-Dr-Captiva-FL-33924/45385135_zpid/
About ten years ago, a house on the northern tip of Sanibel was listed by Sotheby’s for somewhere north of $12 million that someone had poured money into. Scuptures, stained glass, intricate tile mosaics, fancy Italian landscaping, several fancy pools, chandeliers, and a double central staircase to rival anything in an English “pile” or Southern plantation mansion. Wonder what happened to it, too.
I was living in Pensacola on Escambia Bay as a hurricane was approaching. I went out to check the back yard and saw my neighbor walking under his dock with a can of bright day-glo pink in each hand. As I watched, he was painting a line on the underside of each plank in his dock assembly.
After the storm hit and his dock was washed away, he and I walk along the beach for about a mile and found every single one of his dock planks.
Not a bad trick. )))
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