Sanibel

At this marina they deliver a newspaper and home made (by the owner himself) blueberry muffins to your boat every morning, nice touch! After breakfast we went for a walk on the beach it is a pretty good walk, about 20 min., to get there. Today the water was beautiful but the shelling was not as good as last year. There haven't been any storms lately, the storms tend to wash the shells up on the beach. There were lots of people there as it  is a Saturday morning.
Back at the marina I was surprised to see some large Snook (Robalo)  hanging around the docks, they are out of season now so I guess they feel safe. Some of the boats here have strong underwater lights which attract baitfish and the Snook feed on them. Snook are an excellent eating fish, one which we do not have in Louisiana, the waters are too cold there.
Later in the day we took a ride in the dinghy to run the engine a bit and look at some of the homes on the canals near the marina.
BBQ'ed some burgers on the grill for dinner.
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The entrance to the marina and canal complex, it is a nice marina and there are lots of beautiful homes on the canals.

Gumbo in slip

"Gramma Dot's" restaurant at the Marina, this place is packed from opening, about 11, am till they close about 9PM.  

Sanibel Light at at the South end of the Island

A pretty much deserted section of the beach but lots of people further up.

This Snook, about 40" long, was hanging out in the slip next to ours, they are out of season, No, I did not try to spear, snag, or dynamite him!

The marina owner's boat, Independence, one big, beautiful, Burger Yacht, about as nice as you can imagine!

Blueberry muffin baking must be paying pretty well!