Sanibel

Brother/Pete/and/his/lovely/wife,Jackie,are/inFt.Myers/forafew/days.//Theygraciously/invited/me/to
join/them.//So,/did/arriving/sometime/after/9PM,Friday.//Straight/from/work.

I/can/never/sleep/Friday/night.//And,am/restless/in/new/surrondings.//So,Iarrived/at/Ding
Darling/before/it/opened/at7:30.//Looks/like/the/gate/opened/a/little/early,asthe/above/picwastaken/at
8:29./From/Wildlife/Drive//Anticipting/the/time/chamge

Kayak/in/the/water/at/7:49//Through/the/mangroves.

Into.the"lake"

Out/to/Pine/Island/Sound

Wulfert/Keys

I/did/not/paddle/to/the/Wulfert/Keys.//This/was/a/short/paddle,before/meeting/with/Pete/and
Jackie/at/10.

Turned/back/in/the/inlet/past/the/powerline/trail

Third/cast/from/the/end/of/thepowerline-Wulfert/Keys/Trail/resulted/in/a/jack.//He
said/it/swalloed/a/three/inch/plug.

Causeway.

 In/case/you/are/wondering,"PersonalWatercraft"means/jetskis.//Belted/kingfisher
approves.

 Magnificent/friggin,I/mean,frigate/birds.

Landed/at/9:30

 Repaved/Wildlife/Drive//Wider/shoulders/at/popular/pullovers.

Lizard/lunch.//I/had/some/jerky/as/drove/to/the/TarponBay/Explorers/concession,and/met/Peteand
Jackie.

Who/rented/a/tandem.CannonandCannonx3

 99.9%/of/renters/go/right/to/the/marked/trail.//Pete/has/been/there,so/I/took/us
to/the/islands/in/TarponBay

Not/many/birds.//We/did/only/paddle/to/half/of/the/mini/island/chain.

 I/do/not/think/either/had/seen/a/dolphin,while/kayaking,before

 The/wind/picked/up.//We/paddled/into/it,to/the/Commodore/Creek/Trail.

 Sheltered/from/the/wind.

 Good/thing/this/blue/heron/stayed/on/marker17,or/I'd/have/very/few/bird/pics/from
the/Trail

Lots/of/birds,snowy/egrets/in/largest/numbers,in/the/short/paddle/from/the/Trail/back/to/the
launch/site.

Landed/at/12:37,a/2/hour/paddle.

 Just/in/time.//No/rain,but/got/very/windy.//The/rack/holding/all/the/PFDs/and/paddles/got/loose,until/an
employee/chased/it/down,adding/cinder/block/anchors.//Pontoon/boats/were/tied/at/four/points.

Went/to/the/SanibelGrill/for/lunch.//Had/2/shrimp/apps/and/a/half/dozen/oysters.
All/of/us,not/just/me.//I/had/gumbo.//Very/good.//Pete/had/tuna/sliders.

 The/birthday/girl/had/a/crunchy/grouper/sandwich.

And/shared/her/KeyLime/pie.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=541908225879207&set=a.195008283902538.44534.192334757503224&type=1&theater

Pete/and/Jackie/wanted/to/go/to/Bowman'sBeach.//We/took/the/scenic/route.

Through/DingDarling.

It/had/rained/while/we/were/dining,the/Observation/Tower/was/wet.

Darn/tourists///Blocking/the/view.

Osprey/from/the/Bowman'sBeach/parkinglot.

 The/beach

 Lovebirds.//Aboveandbelow

video

 Can't/have/everything.

Or,can/you?//Stone/crab/for/dinner.

 Condo/pics

Jackie/passes/a/claw.///And/so/ends/the/day.