Day 15 Captiva 2019

Sunday, Feb 17
We began our day early with a trip to Sanibel to shop at the Farmer's Market for fresh produce, cheese, and fresh flowers.  We bought tomatoes, red pepper, okra, green beans, lemon, limes, lettuce, strawberries, mozzarella cheese, guacamole, parmesan bread, and flowers.

We had breakfast at Sanibel Café after a 20 minute wait for a table. Al ordered his usual Lox and Bagel platter (always good) and I had eggs benedict with a side of broiled parmesan tomatoes.

Because of heavy traffic on Periwinkle Way,  we took the back route (Casa Ybel Road to Gulf Drives to Tarpon Bay ) to Bailey's General Store to pick up some tiramisu for dinner.  

I walked to the  beach late afternoon. I found a group of willets on the beach with one marbled godwit in their midst but not much else.

Back on the porch, we had gin n tonics with the guacamole dip and scoops.
For dinner, Al grilled beef shish kabobs with mushrooms, potatoes, red peppers, and onions.  Served with arugula salad.  Very good!

Day 15 Captiva

 Sunday morning we drove into Sanibel for the Farmers' Market at 8:30  and found it very busy since the Arts and Crafts show is in town at the Community Center but found a parking space without any trouble.  We purchased French Bread bagel, lots of veggies, mozzarella cheese, and alstroemeria bouquet.   We headed over to Sanibel Cafe for brunch.....had a 20 minute wait for a table.  Al had
lox and bagel – Smoked salmon and bagel with cream cheese, served with tomatoes, red onions and capers.  I ordered seafood  salad served over Romaine lettuce with sliced tomato, melon and a coconut muffin.  Great meal!

We then shopped the stores at the Tahitian Gardens and bought 2 items at Life Is Good shop  and some items at Wilford & Lee.  Stopped at Adventures in Paradise,  one of fave shops.  Disappointed that the mix at The Brown Bag no longer carries our fave designers but has only touristy items with Sanibel Island logos.  We took the Gulf drive to avoid all the bumper to bumper traffic on Periwinkle to shop at Bailey's General store for wine, steak, seafood, pastries and bread.
After getting back to the cottage, we spent an hour on the beach:

We saw a lot of jumping fish, pelicans feeding, and also  terns diving for food.    More people and birds here today than the past few days.
We enjoyed gin & tonics with fresh guacamole  (from Farmers' Market) and chips on the porch after the beach.  For dinner we had pan-seared triple tail served over wilted spinach and caprese  salads and ciabatta rolls.  Great fish!
We finished the meal with Tiramisu from Bailey's Bakery.