Keylime has someone playing and singing at night...but not so loud you can't still chat. The first 2 nites we sat outside our cottage and listened at night, was really nice.
This is RC Otters and the Latte' Da coffee and ice cream shop....
Looking down the street...the beach is at the end..........and on the beach is the Mucky Duck Restaurant....we decided they make LOTS of money on drinks and appetizers at sunset time...it gets busy, but still plenty of room....
YOLO (You Only Live Once)....sells cool beach stuff, but also rents golf carts, bikes, wave-runners, boards, and other cool stuff....a neat shop.
There's also a nice art shop and a ladies wear shop...several things on this main drag on Captiva
We took a bike ride down towards Seven Seas and the marina....saw lots of Osprey and nests, so nice to be out in nature. Was a tad warm, but we had plenty of water and were fine.
On this trip we spent some time looking at some of the larger rental homes...this one was a 6 bedroom/bath and was my fav. I think a big family vacation here would be wonderful.
Something to think about ....all 22 of us for a week.......sounds like fun to me!!
We always eat one time at The Bubble Room. This started as a few tables on a woman's front porch...as it grew and grew she made the house the restaurant and moved into another house...you just have to see it. Their desserts are to die for....the Orange Cake is AMAZING.
We tried a new place one nite Doc Ford's...was very good....the make a spicy shrimp that is WOW!!!
Denny loved their baby back ribs. We took it slow, did some riding, some sunsets and became fans of afternoon naps....but alas it had to end.
After breakfast on our last morning we headed for home...but we wanted to explore Sanibel a little on the way out. We'd never seen the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village, so we stopped for a look. It was really cool.
It's a tribute to Sanibel's past where you can glimpse at Sanibel as it was in 1880-1940. There are 8 restored original buildings...houses, General Store, school house, Post Office...was really neat. The island started as a farming community, but hurricanes ended that. There was not a bridge to Sanibel/Captiva until 1963. Now there is a huge new one and you pay $8 to cross it!!!!
We started our tour by watching a film...one of the original residents speaks about the island and you get a great feel for how it "used" to be.
This is The Rutland House...the rocker is original, belonged to Mr. Rutland, and that's him and his wife in the picture below
An original "crock pot"...u put a hot stone in the bottom, your pot of food on top and another stone on top, closed the lid and wait...same concept as today...we just improved on the footprint....however, theirs was not dependant on electricity....maybe we should think about that!!!
Mosquitoes were a big issue, had to have netting
The other side of the bedroom was "her" office....
Burnap Cottage was a two room fishing cottage built in 1898
This guy was there to "greet" you...they had it set up as it likely had been. The lighthouse light in the back was just there for display, it was on loan for a while.
On to visit the school....back in this day there was segregation...there was a black school as well. This one room school was kindergarten-8th grade. The 1 school on Sanibel now is the same way...it's more than one room...but it's K-8th...the kids have to bus off the island for high school.
On to Miss Charlotta's Tea Room, was originally built to be a gas station...but later became the Tea Room and was restored back to its 1930s look
I think folks must have had some fun here!!
The packing house was important since shipping produce off the island was a major means of income.
We could see the surrey, but it was behind glass and impossible to get a picture, but it was really neat.
This car was so cool...it too was behind glass but I attepted some pictures, they aren't great, but you can get the idea.
A Post Office built from debris....neat
A cute Post Office with lots of history.....
Denny heads in to check out the General Store. He could remember these old style of gas pump from times of yesteryear. We enjoyed looking at the items on the shelves. It was funny to note that some products have not changed their labeling very much in all these years....like...Campbell's soup...Coca Cola....Gold Medal, and several more...I suppose..."if it ain't broke don't fix it"
These old tools were hanging in the back room....
This is a model of The Bailey's Homestead....very nice.
We didn't realize you could order a house from Sears Roebuck.....wonder if you still can. It was a really nice house
Indoor plumbing....finally...WOOHOO!!!
A nice sun room gave lots of extra room.....for stuff.
Nice kitchen...still had an ice box...but really nice...the stove is in the room just past the kitchen...
Still roughing it, but much improved over the first house we were in!!
Who knew you could order a house out of a catalog???
Very nice dining room....complete with a "record player"
Nice kids room....the adult room (which I must have missed taking a picture of) was also nice and roomy. Had 2 twin beds and other furniture. There was also a really nice screened in back porch.
This side tour was such a cool step back in history. It was hot, but we're glad we took the tour. So neat that all the buildings were saved and moved to this central location creating this "village".
And so ended our little get-away. It was great, but was now time to head north on I75....this coming weekend is busy with church things. Maybe we'll have time to lay by the pool a little. :)
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