Beach Life

The days have settled into somewhat of a routine. Life is completely centered around shell-picking, lounging or getting into the pool or ocean.

In addition to $100 credit for food and beverages that came with our package, we also were given Cabana rentals for any two days we wanted. We reserved yesterday and tomorrow. I thought they would be right on the beach, but was told they do not put them there during hurricane season. So, they were in the area surrounding the pool. Which actually ended up being pretty nice. Then, we also had an  umbrella and two chairs set up by the resort at the beach. Any guest can request the umbrella and chairs and it's free.

We rotated back and forth between the beach and the pool all day. It was very nice as the cover allowed me to be in the sun all day but not to fry. The pool and ocean have been very, very warm. Although yesterday when you went out a bit to chest deep water, you could feel the cooler water. There was a storm Tuesday overnight which I believe helped the water temps.

The Cabanas rent for  $70 per day. They have 2 padded, towel covered loungers, a table and a cooler packed with cold water and a basket of snack items (cheez-its, peanuts, chip and trail mix). You can also zip or unzip the side panels of the cabana to let the breeze in. Plus, they have wait staff so you can order food and drinks from the bar and have it delivered to you.

Happy Hour is from 3-5 daily at the pool bar. And the drink prices go down significantly--$5 for a pina colada and $3 for certain beers. The bartenders have a wonderful heavy pour here! Very tasty.

Nights here are quiet. The streets roll up early. Most of the shops here close at 5. Now the restaurants are open later but we've eaten in all of our meals so far but one. Well, we also had lunch using some of our food and beverage credit. It's really so hot here, we don't seem to have much of an appetite.

Overnight we had a wicked storm here. It woke me out of a sound sleep and that is saying something! I am not a light sleeper. What a lightening show there was--plenty of thunder. Something about a storm near the sea... Just love watching those!

Parts of the road to Captiva were flooded and closed early this morning. But we didn't start up until about 10am and we shelled on a pretty cool beach. It was just shells and more shells a couple of feet deep. Amazing. Although, I am going to research this but I think the type of shells you find any given time may depend on the time of year you are here. I'll let you know what I find out.

My partner in crime has returned to the beach but I decided to stay in for awhile as I am a little bit burned. I'll head back out around 5 or so when the sun starts to go down a bit.

Cannot believe tomorrow is Friday. TTFN