Final Captiva pictures...

Here is an assortment of pictures from the final few days of our trip. We returned this morning (leaving Ft Myers on a 6:30 a.m. flight).



Owen and Douglas outside the Italian restaurant where we ate in Ft. Myers on Friday evening.







Dan and Douglas hamming it up, and Owen and Katherine enjoying their meal as well











James, Dan, Katherine, Marni outside the beach house








Aidan, Elena, Douglas, and Owen








Douglas and Owen enjoying their last trip to the beach








Thursday evening we went to the beach to watch the sun set over the gulf. It was quite beautiful.







Owen watching the sunset








Elena enjoyed checking out the big heron that was hanging around on the beach.







Sun getting close to the "green flash"








Douglas and Elena








We saw plenty of wildlife. This is a huge (probably 2.5 feet in diameter) stingray that we saw a fisherman (a teenage boy) catch in the surf.






The stingray right side up








Beach view








The heron that liked to hang out waiting to be thrown fish by the people fishing






While in Ft. Myers we saw a turkey vulture in the parking lot, along with a giant frog on a palm tree. That was rather exciting for the kids as we don't see frogs here. We also saw a long (2-3 feet) black snake in the yard at the house.





This guy caught a fish that people on the beach said was a cobia (?).












On our last evening we went to a minor league baseball game, opening night for the Ft. Myers Miracle (single-A ball) vs. the Charlotte (of Pt. Charlotte, FL) Stone Crabs. We left in the 8th inning and the Miracle were up 6-1.





They had a nice little ballpark overlooking some palm trees. While we were watching the game, a flock of ibises flew overhead. That was pretty cool.