Movie Captiva Trip 2012

Movie Captiva 2012 

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Home at Last

We were up early at Cecilia's enjoying coffee. We left early for our last leg home. Our drive was uneventful although we did see some signs of snow the closer we got to home. We made our routine stop at Menche's for dinner so there is no cooking tonight. We enjoyed our six week stay in Captiva but glad to be back home.  We missed some of the daffodils and crocus that bloomed early this spring, but there are still some in bloom and more to come. 

I did the final few posts of our Captiva Trip covering Wednesday March 14 through Monday March 19, 2012  on Tuesday January 15, 2013.  I always forget to do the final days of our trip but I was able to reconstruct the final days from my note, pictures, and memory.

Second Day of Drive Home

Sunday morning is cold here in Cartersville, GA. We slept in til about 7, ate a quick breakfast in the lobby and headed to Knoxville about a 3 hour drive.  We arrived at my sister's just before noon. We met Jack, Loy, Rob, Beth, Jacob, and Hannah at Aubrey's for lunch. Hannah, who just turned one, has just started walking and has changed so much since we saw her last.  After a great lunch visiting with everyone, Cecilia drove us over to see Rob and Beth's new home. Jacob and Hannah opened their birthday gifts from us.  For dinner tonight, we took Cecilia for her birthday ( March 22) dinner from us at Bonefish Grill...had great meal.

Enjoyed our visit with my family and spending time with my sister.

First Day of Drive Home

We were up early with plans to leave by 7AM. Most of the car is packed. We dressed and ate breakfast of what is left ...some toast and fruit.  I packed a lunch for the drive and Al finished loading the last of bags, computers and whatever was left to put in the card. It is always a bit stressful to get on the way but we left about 7:30 on a beautiful sunny morning.  We will have a long drive today stopping at Cartersville, GA.  We will try to plan next year to make our first stop south of Atlanta to be settled before sunset and not be driving through Atlanta on Saturday evening. 
Dinner at Ruby Tuesday.

Note: This Ruby Tuesday is now closed as of May 2012. Another reason to re route our first stop home in March 2013.

Day 41 on Captiva

This is our last day at Captiva...we will head home early tomorrow.  After an early breakfast we made a final trip birding at Six Mile Slough but we did not see many birds. But we did see several alligators, mostly young ones, and a water moccasin snake. Pictures below:

 

We enjoyed a picnic lunch following our walk on the boardwalk in the picnic area of the slough.  We then made a stop at Sun Harvest Citrus market to buy oranges and grapefruit to take home with us.  After a stop at the car wash, we headed to the outlet mall to do a little shopping....bought some items at the Polo Shop. The rest of the day was spent packing and spending some time at the beach. We had our last meal in Captiva at the Lazy Flamingo.  We turned in fairly early to be ready for a long day tomorrow.

 This has been a wonderful stay in Captiva it was great having my sister for a week.

Day 40 on Captiva

Early start this morning...enjoyed some grapefruit and then went to Sanibel for Al's appointment for a massage at 9:00. Afterwards we went for brunch at Jerry's. Great breakfast and great value. Stopped at Island Pursuit were Al bought a shirt he had seen earlier. Also bought 2 lanyards for his glasses. Spent some time at the pool and then out to the beach. Dinner tonight at Traditions. Started some packing today for our retun home.

Day 39 on Captiva

The weather seems to be getting better and better....temps in the 80's now. Spent most of the day at the beach enjoying the beautiful weather.  Not many people on the beach...we almost have to ourselves.  Came out for the sunset tonight. Al made some great pictures.