Mini Honeymoon on North Captiva

On Saturday, Gary and I took the Calusa Queen which is a charter out of Punta Gorda to North Captiva Island.  This is an island that has intrigued me ever since we moved here.  We have been to Sanibel and Captiva many times and love taking our visitors there because it is so beautiful but there is no way to get over to North Captiva unless you take a boat or small airplane.  And since we don't have a boat yet and I lost the keys to our  plane, we decided to take the charter over.  The boat trip took about 2 hours and we had a pod of dolphins playing next to the boat on the way there and a couple on the way home.  If I see a dolphin, the rest of the trip is just a bonus.

North Captiva was developed in the 1960s but didn't get electric or telephone service til the mid 1980s.  The island has about 300 homes and about 300 vacant lots.  There are no cars on the island so golf carts are used to get around.

Eating outside by the water and a singer too.

Gary and I took a walk after we ate lunch at Barnacle Bill's to check out the island and there are many homes for rent and some for sale.   Looks like we'll be staying in the Cape cause there is no way we can afford a house out there and a parking stall for the plane.

The water is truly beautiful around the island, it feels remote and we decided it would be a great place to spend a vacation.  On the way out to North Captiva Gary and I were amazed at all the other islands, some with homes.  As we were leaving North Captiva, I asked Gary if he could find his way back and he was completely turned around which is something since he usually can find his way home.  I had a hard time finding my seat on the boat.

Stilt home outside North Captiva Island

We are having fun seeing different parts of the area and would recommend this daytrip. Now I gotta go look for those plane keys.  Margaret