Pamene mchimwene wanga, DC Stultz, anandiuza kuti atenga ulendo waung'ono wa R & R kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Florida, ndinamupempha kuti atenge zithunzi ndi kundipangira lipoti la ulendo. Iye anachita ntchito yayikulu! Nazi zotsatira zake.
Nthawi zonse mumadabwa kumene anthu a ku Florida amapita kutchuthi? Ena amatsogolera kumpoto kukachezera banja komanso ena kupita kumapiri - North Carolina ndilokonda kwambiri. Ambiri, komabe, timapita ku gawo lina la Florida.
Nthawi zonse mumakhala malo atsopano kapena malo omwe mumawakonda kwambiri.
Ndicho chifukwa chake ine ndi mkazi wanga tinanyamula galimoto ndikupita ku Ft. Myers Beach ndi Sanibel Island. Tikukhala makilomita asanu okha kuchokera ku Fairwater Beach, koma tinaganiza kuti tifika ku malo ena osadziwika bwino.
Ft. Myers ali kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Florida. Zinali zovuta kuyenda pa I-275 kupyolera mumtima wa St. Petersburg, pa Sunshine Skyway Bridge ndiyeno I-75 ku Ft. Myers. Ulendo wa makilomita 130 unatenga maola ochepa ndi theka la ora kumapeto kuti tifike pamtunda ndikufika ku gombe pomwe titafika kumeneko.
Chifukwa cha kusatsimikizika ndi ndondomeko za ntchito, sitingachite mapulani. Kotero ife tinkayenera kukankhira kuti tikonzeke usiku usiku tisanapite. Chifukwa cha maulendo ena pa Dawn's Florida for Visitors site ife tinapeza, kusankha, ndi kusunga ku Pink Shell Beach Resort kumpoto kwa Ft.
Myers Beach, pafupifupi 3/4 mailo kuchokera pa mlatho ndi downtown.
Tinkakhala ndi chipinda chabwino cha hotelo ya hotelo ndi mabedi awiri olemekezeka kwambiri, kanyumba kakang'ono kokhala ndi zitovu ziwiri, microwave, firiji yaing'ono ndi zakudya zokwanira, magalasi ndi zasiliva zinayi. Tinali pakhomo lachinayi (ndi nyumba ya nsanjika zisanu) ndipo tinali ndi khonde lotsekedwa moyang'anizana ndi Gulf of Mexico ndi Sanibel Island.
The Pink Shell ndi malo aakulu okhala ndi malo osiyanasiyana - amakhala ndi nyumba zam'madzi, suites ndi nyumba zazing'ono kuti zigwirizane ndi bajeti zonse ndi kukula kwa banja. Pali madamu atatu ndipo malo onsewa ali pamtunda. Pali malo awiri odyera ndi mabwato omwe angabwereke chifukwa chowedza kapena kuyenda.
Tinatulutsira vani ndikubweranso kuti tifufuze malo athu atsopano. Mimba yathu inkadziwa kuti tadya chakudya chamasana, kotero kuti izi zinali zapamwamba kwambiri. Ulendo wa mailosi kummwera kwa dera, tinapeza Squiggy, lingaliro lakale lodyera kavalidwe ndi magalimoto okongola 50s kutsogolo. Ma hamburgers anali abwino.
Tinawona kuti Post Office inali kumbuyo kwake ndipo adalemba zomwezo kuti zigwiritse ntchito posachedwa makadi.
Titayenda pang'ono pamsewu, tinapeza mapaiti angapo a RV. Red Coconut RV Resort ili ndi malo osungirako magalimoto a RV kumbali zonse ziwiri za msewu. Ndi zachilendo kupeza kacisi ya RV komwe pagombe. Kuyendayenda kuchokera kumapiri a m'nyanja ya Gulfview m'masitolo a Gulfview kunali French Bakery weniweni (ndilo dzina lake!). Ine ndiyenera kupanga mmawa kuthamangira kwa croissants mmawa uliwonse kuti ife tinali kumeneko. Zosangalatsa. Tengani baguette nayenso - imani pa sitolo ya zakudya kwa tchizi ndipo mudzakhala ndi chotukuka cha pakati pa usiku.
Downtown Ft. Myers Beach ndi yaing'ono. Pafupifupi matabwa asanu ndi limodzi a masitolo okaona alendo ndi zakudya. Pali malo osungirako magalimoto a pamtunda wa m'mphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto kwa malo komwe mungathe kudyetsa mamita apakitala pamtunda wa kotala kwa mphindi 20 iliyonse. Palinso malo ena oyimika pakale omwe amawononga $ 5 tsiku lonse kupaka.
Ngati mukufuna kuchoka m'galimoto pa hotelo ya hotelo, pali basi yofiira yamatchi yomwe imayenda nthawi zambiri ndipo phindu ndilo gawo limodzi. Mukhoza kubwereka njinga zamoto, kuthamanga ndi moto njinga zamoto m'malo osiyanasiyana mumzinda. Zomwe timakonda zinalipoped puped. Ife sitinabwereke imodzi, koma, o, izo zimawoneka ngati zosangalatsa. Ndipo, zomwe tinaziwona pamsewu zinali zosavuta kuyenda ndi magalimoto.
Pali nsomba yayitali yaitali. Kufikira ndi kopanda phindu ndipo simukusowa chilolezo cha nsomba za madzi a mumchere ku Florida.
Ochita masewera amapezeka m'maderawa dzuwa likatha.
Tinapita ku Sanibel Island tsiku lathu lachiwiri m'deralo. Chinthu choyamba chimene amazindikira ndi kusowa kwa hotelo zamakono komanso makondomu. Saloledwa. Chinthu chotsatira chimene ndazindikira ndi chakuti pamene mukuyendetsa msewu waukulu pachilumbachi, simungathe kuona Gulf of Mexico kapena Bay. Ambiri mwa nyumba ndi malonda akuyikidwa mofulumira panjira. Kuyenda pamsewu paulendo wokaona kunali kusangalatsa. Mitengo yambiriyi inandikumbutsa za misewu ina yomwe ili m'munsi mwa Charleston. Masamba opanda, ndithudi.Mtsinje wa JN "Ding" wothawira Pachilumba cha Wildlife ndi woyenera kuima pa Sanibel Island. Pali malo odziwitsira aufulu omwe ali ndi ziwonetsero zochepa. Pali msewu wamakilomita asanu omwe umadutsa m'zilumba za mangrove. Mukhoza kuyendetsa galimoto yanu kapena kukwera njinga. Mtengo ndi $ 5. Kuti ndione zinyama zakutchire, ndikupemphani kuti mupite m'mawa kwambiri kapena madzulo. Njirayo imatsegulidwa kuyambira 7:30 am mpaka 8 koloko Nthawi yathu imatha ndipo sitinapeze mbalame zambiri (zidali kudyetsa kwina kulikonse). Ife tinatero, komabe, tikuwona alligator, weniweni, wamoyo wa mamita atatu! Palibe china choposa Florida kuposa kuwona mbalame, kufika mkati mwa mapazi asanu ndi atatu popanda mipanda pakati pa iwe ndi icho, ndi kukhala moyo kuti udziwe za izo.
Webusaiti yathu yofuna malo okhala inali itadziwika West End - Paradaiso, yomwe ili pafupi ndi Darling Refuge. Iwo analibe mwayi pamene ife tikubwera, koma ife tinasankha kuti tiime ndi kuwona ndipo tilankhule hello kwa mwiniwake, Peter Wilkins, yemwe anali wabwino kwambiri ndipo akufulumira ndi mayankho ake a imelo.
Nyumba yake yomanga nyumba ziwiri imakhala m'nyumba yopititsa patsogolo mamita 1,000 kuchokera pagombe. Amapereka njinga zamagalimoto kuti azikwera kumtunda kapena amakhala ndi malo oikapo malo ogona pafupi ndi gombe kwa alendo awo. Ndi pempho lachifundo la Petro, tidasankha gawo lake lachilumba cha Sanibel Island ndipo tinalikonda.
Mwamwayi, sitinayambe kukhala motalika ngati imodzi mwa mvula yamvula ya chilimwe idatitumizira kuthamanga kwa voti patapita nthawi yayitali pamphepete mwa nyanja.
Ngakhale kumudzi wakutali, tinapeza zipolopolo zomwe tidazipeza panthawi yomwe tinkafika. Tsoka, ndi mbalame zoyambirira zomwe zimatenga zipolopolo pa Sanibel ndi kumbali ya kumpoto kwace Captiva.
Mvula inakhala yopanda pake kwa mkazi wanga. Pobwerera kwathu, tinapeza malo ogulitsira Periwinkle Place pa Sanibel. Zili ndi malo okhalamo, kuti kuchokera mumsewu simungadziwe kuti ili ndi masitolo oposa 40. Mipatayi imaphimbidwa, kotero ife, ndi ena ambiri, tinathamangira mvula yamadzulo ndikuyang'ana m'masitolo. Chobisika (kuchokera mumsewu, osachepera) chinali Sanibel Island Chowder Company kumene tinali ndibwino kwambiri, ngati tachedwa, chakudya chamasana.
Sitikudzakugwiritsani ntchito ndi dzuwa komanso kusewera kusewera. Mosakayikira, tinasangalala kuti tikhala kumbali ya kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa Florida. Tikukulangiza dera la mtundu wabwino, wobwezeretsedwa wa tchuthi.
Malangizo:
I-75 South mpaka Fort Myers. Kuchokera 21 ndikutuluka bwino kwa I-75 kwa mabombe. Njirayo imadziwika bwino ndi zizindikiro kwa Ft. Myers Beach, Sanibel ndi Captiva. Ulendowu, udzayenda pa Six Mile Cypress (kuwoloka msewu 41), pita kumanzere pa Highway 869 (Summerlin) yomwe imatsogoleredwa ku $ 3 kubwereza kuti usadutse mlatho kupita ku Sanibel Island.
Ngati malo anu ndi a Ft. Myers Beach, mutembenukira kumanzere pa Highway 865 (San Carlos). Ili pafupi makilomita 15 kuchokera pakati pa Ft. Myers Beach, pafupifupi makilomita 17 kupita ku Sanibel.