Captiva Island, Florida

Keith and I were able to get back over to Cayo Costa State Park one more time Saturday before leaving Cabbage Key.  We walked the beach and explored a bit.

Beach on Cayo Costa

Southern Style left Cabbage Key and cruised the short 10 miles to Captiva Island on Sunday morning December 16th.  We are staying at the Captiva Island South Seas Resort.  Captiva Island is a Gulf Coast island located near Fort Myers, FL.  It is just north of neighboring Sanibel Island.  South Seas Resort is centered around outdoor activities such as its beach, 3 pools, executive 9 hole golf course, tennis and fitness center, and boating.  There are several restaurants on the resort as well.  And "oh by the way" their average December temperature is 65 F (not bad).

The marina at the resort is smaller than the large marina at Long Boat Key, but I kind of liked the smaller atmosphere.

Marina at South Seas Resort

View off the cockpit out over the marina.

There were several manatees in the marina (the things that look like logs floating in the distance are the manatees).  

They did come up to the dock area several times and I got some pictures of them.  One lady sitting on a bench in the marina watching them said "aren't they just beautiful?"  Now I think all of God's creatures are beautiful in their own way, but manatees have a face only a mother could really equate with beauty.

Keith and I were able to take advantage of the nice weather while at South Seas resort for 3 nights.   We played tennis several times and Keith played the golf course 3 times.

Golf Course

We walked the beach to the inlet

Pengi enjoyed the beach and catching some rays

He wasn't the only bird enjoying the beach

Had a little "drink-e-poo" at the beach bar

We walked around the pools but did not stop

Another Marlow (over 80 feet) came in while we were at the marina.  It is bigger than us, we are in the back round.

I did some kayaking

Sunset at the marina

After the sun went down, palm trees in the Christmas spirit.

Wednesday morning December 19th we are heading just 6 miles farther south to Tween Waters Marina.  This spot is also on Captiva Island just slightly more south.  More to explore...