Sanibel Island 2015 - Day 3

We decided Tuesday was going to be Beach Access Day and used the hotel supplied bikes to ride down to the Beach Access points along West Gulf.  I love these access points because you can't park at them unless you have an island parking permit or you bike or walk to them.  Therefore, they are generally less populated.   We rode down to the farthest one and parked our bikes, walked the beach for awhile and then rode to the next access point, slowly working our way back to the hotel.

The entrance to each beach is usually a covered canopy of foliage and is so pretty to walk through...

There was also some geocaching involved on the bike ride as there are several caches placed along the path.  Lots of fun for me and Chablis tolerated my stops quite well....

Afterwards we spread our morning finds on a towel and checked them out.  The sharks teeth were from the day before in Englewood.  You can read that post here.

Unfortunately we didn't find a ton of good shells, but we did pick up a few things that we liked...

Including a couple of pieces of sea glass which I rarely find on Sanibel....

After our long bike ride we decided to have dinner on Captiva at The Green Flash.  It's one of my favorite restaurants.  I had stuffed grouper with a baked potato au gratin that is out of this world cheesy goodness....

 And Chablis had stuffed shrimp...

 This was the view from our table.  We kept watching the clouds rolling in, praying the storm would hold off because we wanted to watch the sunset from the Captiva beach.

 I get such a kick out of the bathroom here - check out the model standing in the corner.   LOL!

 We finished dinner and headed over to the public access beach where we paid for parking and then headed out towards Red Fish Pass.  The dark clouds kept rolling in and we kept on eye on them as we scampered around in the waves, snatching up shells.   We were finding some good stuff when the skies opened up and we quickly got drenched in the down pour.  We had to run a mile back down the beach through the pouring rain to get to our car and then drive back to Sanibel all soaking wet.  The skies cleared up just as we reached our hotel - doesn't that look pretty?

This is so not pretty - I was a drowned mess.  But it was a fun evening anyway.

We had stopped at The Bubble Room before hitting the beach and picked up a piece of their Orange Crunch Cake for a late night dessert.  How good does this look???

Don't forget about my amazing Rigoni de Asiago's Nocciolata Giveaway!   You have to go back to the original post to leave a comment in order to enter.  Entries are open until next Monday, so go HERE to leave a comment to enter.

Review & Giveaway - Rigoni di Asiago's Fiordifrutta Pear

I did a review last year for Rigoni de Asiago's Nocciolata.  You can go back and read it here.  Since then I've been a big fan and I eat a lot of their Nocciolata on toast and fruit.  It's so good!

Well, the good folks over at Rigoni de Asaigo have asked me to do another review and of course I jumped at the chance, especially when I heard it was for their Pear Fiordifrutta Organic Fruit Spread.

Have you heard of it?  Have you tried it?  It is so good!  If you're a fan of pears, you are going to love this spread.  It's like having a pear in a jar.  Smooth and yummy goodness!  I like it on toast or bagels.  It's so flavorful that a little goes a long way.  And there's no sugar - it's sweetened with apple juice.  Not only is it good, but it's good for you.  From their website:

Fiordifrutta fruit spreads come from organic farming. Each 8.82 ounce jar is made exclusively from over three pounds of selected organic fruit using using a patented low-temperature cooking process. Unlike most other spreads on the market, Fiordifrutta fruit contains no added sugar. Sweetening is made instead with organic wild apple juice. This exclusive recipe preserves the nutrients of the natural fruit while significantly reducing the sugar substance content (30% or more compared to other spreads) and contains 30% fewer calories than most others.

If Pear flavor doesn't appeal to you ( are ya crazy??) then check out this extensive list of other flavors:

• apricot
• peach
• wild berry
• blueberry 
• raspberry
• cranberry
• lingonberry
• strawberry
• lemon
•  orange
• cherry
• black berry
• black currant
• fig
• pomegranate
• pink grapefruit

Rigoni di Asiago's Fiordifrutta's are a must try!  I know I want to work my way through their list of flavors.Which to pick next?  It's going to be a hard decision.

How would you like to win a Nocciolata gift pack and try out some of their products for yourself?  Rigoni di Asiago is graciously hosting a give away right here, especially for my readers.  All you have to do is leave a comment below.  The contest is open until next Monday, June 22nd at noon.  I'll then choose a winner using the Random number method and Rigoni di Asiago will send you your gift.  

In the meantime, please go over and check out their products and recipes on their website.
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