Sanibel Island 2015 - Day 2

For our 2nd day in Florida we drove 2 hours north to visit my friend Karen in Englewood.  Karen is the Essential Beachcomber and a shark tooth hunting expert.  We had such a great time when we met up with her a couple of years ago that we wanted to do it again.  Karen graciously cleared her schedule and met us at the beach....

Karen has all the cool tools for scouring the beach for sharks teeth and she brought them along for us to share.  Here she is showing us how to properly use the scoop....

How can you not love a day on the beach with scenery like this....

We stopped at Publix on the way through Englewood and picked up a couple of Cuban sandwiches for lunch.  Karen introduced us to Cuban sandwiches the last time we were there and it wouldn't be a day of shark tooth hunting without a couple of Cuban sandwiches for lunch.  You work up quite the appetite digging for teeth!

Check out all the sharks teeth we found.....

This was my "find" of the day....

So far this is the largest one I've found.  Isn't it a beauty?

Look at the variety of colors, shapes and sizes of the various teeth....

By late afternoon we were feeling the effects of the hot, sunny day and decided to head back to Sanibel.  After cleaning up and dressing we headed over to Timbers for a nice dinner....

We both started with a bowl of clam chowder and we agreed that it was the best we had ever tasted - super rich and creamy with nice chunks of clam.   Very good!  It came with a hot loaf of whole wheat bread too.

My dinner was salmon with brown sugar and pecans.  It was just ok.  They used to have a Teriyaki salmon that was fab, but it wasn't on the menu this year.   Insert sad face here.  The grilled veggies were really good tho.

For 2 nights in a row Chablis chose the better meal.  Here she had crunchy grouper and it was out-of-this-world delicious!  One piece of the grouper had already migrated over to my plate, so she got 2 large pieces.  And check out the football sized baked potato!  I highly recommend their clam chowder and crunchy grouper.

All in all in was a wonderful day.  We later decided that our day on the beach with Karen was the best day of our entire trip.  Thanks Karen.  You are a true friend and one of a kind.  We love you!

Sanibel Island, Day 2

Our second day started early as we were anxious to get out and explore.  But first we had to stop near Baileys store again.  We are geocachers, and if you aren’t familiar with this fun sport, please check it out here:  http://www.geocaching.com/     There’s a cache hidden near the store, we quickly found it and then headed off to Blind Pass. 

We went for a long walk east on the beach, where we checked out lots of shell piles. 

Laurie found a coconut...

 we saw an osprey nest...

and then we stumbled across a nest with eggs on it.  I have since found out that they are most likely plover eggs.  We kept our distance, but took some nice pictures. 

We had the latitude and longitude for a geocache that we wanted to find.  It was located near a swampy area, we found it with no problem, logged our find and then headed back to Blind Pass. 

Along the way I found a perfectly intact, dead, horseshoe crab. 

I scooped it into my hat to take home and almost immediately tripped over this adorable crab.  He sat and posed for a quick picture and then he scurried off into the water. 

Next we saw these White Ibis birds hunting along the shoreline for their lunch. 

But that time it was around 12:30 and we were getting hungry ourselves, so we started back to the condo, but first we stopped along the way at this tower. 

This is one of the reasons I like geocaching so much.  I have been going to Sanibel for years and had no idea this tower was there.  We climbed the tower and enjoyed the view.  Then we searched and found the geocache that was hidden here.    

After a quick lunch at the condo, we relaxed and swam on our beach until dinnertime. 

One of my favorite restaurants on the island is Timbers.  We celebrated with a drink and a nice meal. 

Afterwards we strolled around the grounds of Pointe Santo and took a moment to shoot another phooning picture. 

Since it was still early we headed out to Captiva.  We wandered the beach until sunset, picking up shells and enjoying the pleasant evening. 

The girls were coaxed into posing for some pictures and then stared in awe of another beautiful sunset. 

Needless to say, our second day was packed with fun and interesting things.