On 2/17, we flew from LGA to Ft Myers, rented a car, and drove another hour to Captiva Island.  My family took a trip to Captiva when I was a kid, and I always had very fond memories of the South Seas Resort.  So I was very excited to go back for a few days for the first half of our Florida vacation!

But first, a pit stop at Publix to stock up.

We spent most of our time at the beach in front of our villa.  The rest of the time we were at the villas’ pool, and one morning we spent at the main resort pool.

Here’s Blaine with a kite that someone gave to him, which he kept tied up to our beach chair.

We had most of our meals in our villa, with one dinner out at a place called “Doc Ford’s Rum Bar” and one lunch at the resort pool restaurant.

“Two pandas and two cars” (photo by Sarah)

On Wednesday, 2/20, we packed up and left Captiva for our drive to Orlando.  We stopped en route to feed some alligators and play mini-golf.

We also stopped to eat a packed lunch at this manatee park.