Day 41 Captiva 2019

Friday, Mar 15
Today is our last day of our stay in Captiva.  Tomorrow we will head for home.  The day was cloudy, not good weather for being at the pool or beach.  Maybe that was for the best, since we finished packing the car all except the few things that we will load in the morning.
  I did take a stroll on the beach about 10:00 just in time to see the Thriller on an early tour.

We ate breakfast of eggs, zucchini with red peppers, toast, and juice.  We then walked over to Rene's but he was not in the office so we went to the bay and sat for awhile.

 Birds across the bay

We returned to the pool and sat under the gazebo while it sprinkled rain and enjoyed the last of the ice cream.  Rene stopped by to visit and say good-bye.

For our "last dinner" on the islands, we went to Lazy Flamingo and sat at the bar for our last oysters on the half shell.  Al ordered the Fried Oyster Basket (what else is there?) and I had Clam Chowder.
Not much of a sunset tonight as it is still cloudy.  Early to bed early because we get up early in the morn.

Day 40 Captiva 2019

Thursday, Mar 14
We were out early at 7 for to see the 7:30 sunrise...we drove to the nearby Castaways Marina but was  not a good spot to see the sunrise so we headed to DDWR where we got a good view of the sun rising just as we entered the drive.

We continued our drive not seeing many birds but there were a lot of photographers waiting for more white pelicans.  Saw several roseate spoonbills. This will be the last trip to DDRW for this trip.

While we were at the pool this afternoon, the flock of Ibis returned for another visit.  One Ibis was brave enough to come to the pool for a drink.   It was a very hot day in the 80's so we guess they were lookin for a cool spot to hang out.

The Ibis were not the only ones looking for a cool spot:

We went to Doc Ford's on Captiva for an early dinner at 5.  Of course we started with a dozen fresh oysters on the half shell. Al ordered a new item on the menu- Steak Salad Chimichurri-marinated steak, asparagus, and red onions, over mixed greens tossed in chimichurri vinaigrette and topped with avocado and bleu cheese crumbles with dressing on the side. Very Good!  I ordered the appetizer of Calamari and we combined our orders.   Very good dinner.  Would order this again but the calamari salad is still my favorite item on the menu.

We arrived back at the cottage in time to walk across the street for the sunset.

Day 39 Captiva 2019

Wednesday, Mar 13
I took an early walk on the beach about 8:00.  There was one Great Blue Heron feeding on the beach but not many other birds at that time.

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 Al and I both went to the beach for awhile at 11:00.  Saw a kestrel hawk and lot of boats in the gulf.

We had a lunch of mussel salad, chicken tenders, french fries, iced tea. (cleaning out the freezer and fridge?) We went to the post office about 2 and stopped at Santiva General Store for fresh pastries and a WSJ...store has lot more in stock than last year ...new owners.

I went back to beach about 3...hardly any one out...very hot.  Joined Al at the pool.

Dinner tonight was Bertolli frozen dinner of beef and broccoli.  Nothing to get excited about.
After dinner we went to beach for sunset at 7:30....double treat sunset with dolphins.

Dolphin at Sunset

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After enjoying a beautiful sunset with birds, boats, and a dolphin, we had tiramisu and coffee on the porch.