Florida Part 2

The second part of our Florida trip took us down to Bonita Springs, FL part way between Naples & Ft Myers.  We love this area and it is our third trip down to meet up with our Friends from London that also vacation in Naples, FL.  We were so lucky this year to get to celebrate our friend Tim's 60th birthday with other friends and family as well.

We also got some serious beach time in during the trip down south.  We hit Sanibel Island which is a favorite with Lily due to the abundance of sea shells.  She got a huge bag full to bring home.  We also found a new beach around Bonita called Barefoot Beach that was complete with 100's of Gopher Tortoises.  We saw dolphins playing in the water, did some more shelling, and Lily enjoyed building a sand castle village with a new friend on the beach.  We also enjoyed downtown Naples and the Naples Pier.  What a beautiful area.  We packed a lot in during the five days.

Shells everywhere on Sanibel Island

Pelicans going in for some fishies

Lily and Aniela 

Lily and Stefan (making their serious faces) 

The birthday celebration!!!

The beach at Naples Pier at Sunset 

one of those moments where you feel like the luckiest person on earth!!!)

Gopher Tortoises at Barefoot Beach

Not your typical seagulls