Carefree

Jennifer and I met up on Feb. 14 and surprised our friend Karen for her birthday -- Karen and Robin were finishing up two weeks with Mead and Janet at Carefree, the women's resort in Ft. Myers.  

We began our own week with Janet and Mead on the 15th.   First thing we did on the 16th was head out to Sanibel Island and the Ding Darling preserve, where we saw some spoonbills and LOTS of photographers.  Janet is a wonderful wildlife photographer, and she has promised to share with me for the blog some of her pictures from her trip this year to Ft. Myers.  In the meantime, these two are mine:

The Carefree Resort is very nice. All women, perfectly groomed, lovely clubhouse and pool.  Jen and I played shuffleboard yesterday and this afternoon we joined in with a group singing and playing guitars and ukuleles.  I could almost keep up with my little uke.  

Some pictures of the house where we are staying and the grounds:

The other night, we joined some friends of Mead and Janet's at a vegan restaurant.  Everything was just delicious, although the service was slow because each meal was prepared fresh and separately by the chef.

Earlier today, we went out to Pine Island, did some shops and galleries, and visited a pair of ospreys that Janet has been watching.  They are mated and she's watching for the eggs to arrive.  Janet also took us to see some burrowing owls that are just too cute.  

Tomorrow, we go to Shark Valley -- the northern entrance to the Everglades.  Then Tuesday to Cayo Costa Island / State Park to loll about for our last day.

Pictures to follow soon!!