Estero Island Fort Myers Beach

Whenever we get the chance whilst visiting Florida we always head South to Fort Myers. I find the peace and tranquillity there so refreshing after the hustle and bustle of Orlando.

The beaches are less busy and less comercialised than the Central Florida beaches of St. Pete’s or Clearwater. Not that I don’t like those beaches because I do, it just makes a nice change.

Down South it always seems more like the Caribbean, more tropical too with the Coconut and Banana trees. Generally it’s a few degrees warmer than Central Florida too.

Normally we stay at Pointe Estero or the Gullwing (Sister Hotel) next door. We head down to the local Publix supermarket and buy some nice steaks and some shrimp along with some salad and potatoes for baking. Then after a glorious day in the sun we strike up one of the grills available for guests use and barbecue the steak and shrimp. Dawn, meanwhile, prepares the salad and potatoes and once the meat is cooked I take the meat up to the condo via the elevator (It seems strange stood in the elevator with a plate of hot meat in one hand and the cooking utensils in the other lol). We consume the food on the balcony watching the beautiful sunsetting over the Gulf.

My idea of Heaven!!