Xa umntakwabo, uCc. Stultz, wandixelela ukuba uya kuthatha uhambo olufutshane lweR & R e-Southwest Florida, ndamcela ukuba athathe iifoto aze afake ingxelo yohambo. Wenza umsebenzi omkhulu! Nazi iinzame zakhe.
Ngaba uyazibuza apho abantu baseFlorida bahamba ngeeholide zabo? Ewe, ezinye iintloko zenyuka ziya kutyelela intsapho kunye nentloko kwiintaba - iNorth Carolina iyintandokazi. Ininzi, nangona kunjalo, siya kwelinye inxalenye yaseFlorida.
Kuhlala kukho indawo entsha okanye indawo eyintandokazi endala ukuyifumana.
Yingakho mna nomfazi wam sithwele iveni kwaye siya ku-Ft. Myers Beach kunye neSanibel Island. Siphila ngeekhilomitha ezintlanu ukusuka kwibala elihle lase-Clearwater, kodwa sigqibe ukuba sifanele sihambe siye kwindawo ethile esaziwayo.
Ft. I-Myers ihlala kummandla wonxweme osentshonalanga yeFlorida. Kwakuyimoto elula kwi-I-275 ngentliziyo yaseSt. Petersburg, phezu kweDowns Skyway Bridge ebizwa ngokuba yi-Sunshine Skyway. Myers. Uhambo lweekhilomitha ezili-130 lithatha iiyure ezimbalwa kunye nesiqingatha seyure ekupheleni kwayo ukuya kwi-interstate kunye nokufikelela elwandle xa sifikile khona.
Ngenxa yokungaqiniseki ngeeshedyuli zomsebenzi, asikwazi ukwenza izicwangciso zangaphambili. Ngoko kwafuneka siphuthumele ukwenza ukubhuka ngobusuku ngaphambi kokuhamba kwethu. Ngombulelo kwezinye izixhumanisi kwiDawn yaseFlorida kwiSiza soTwendwe esiye sikwazi ukufumana, ukhetha, kwaye ufumane ukubhuka kwi-Pink Shell Beach Resort kwiNtshonalanga ye-Ft.
I-Myers Beach, malunga ne-3/4 yeeyure ukusuka kwibhulorho nakwidolophu.
Sasinegumbi elihle lohlobo lwamahotele kunye neembini zeendlovukazi ezikhulu, i-kitchenette encinci eneesitofu ezimbini, i-microwave, iifriji ezincinane nezitya ezaneleyo, iiglasi kunye nesilivere ezine. Sasisezantsi kumgangatho wesine (isakhiwo esinezitezi ezintlanu) kwaye sinebhokisi elibhekiselwe kwiGulf of Mexico naseSanibel Island.
I-Pink Shell yindawo enkulu kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zokuhlala - nazo zinezindlu zokuhlala zelwandle, ama-suites kunye neendawo zokulala ukuze zilungele yonke ibhajethi kunye nobukhulu bentsapho. Kukho amachibi amathathu kunye nawo onke amaziko aselunxwemeni. Kukho ezimbini zokutya kunye nezikhephe ezinokuqeshiselwa ukuloba okanye ukuhamba.
Silawule i-van kwaye sabuyela ngaphakathi ukuze sihlolisise indawo esitsha. Isisu sethu sazi ukuba sasidla isidlo sasemini, ngoko ke kwakuphezulu kwi-ajenda yethu. Iimitha ezisemzantsi kwidolophu yedolophu, sathola i-squiggy, ingcamango yokudala yefestile yeemfesane kunye nemoto engama-50 ekhangele phambili. Iihamburgers zilungile.
Siye saqaphela ukuba i-Post Office yayisemva kwayo kwaye ifake loo ngcaciso ngokusetyenziswa kwexesha elizayo ukuthumela amakhadi okuposa.
Ukuqhubela phambili ngaphaya komgwaqo, safumana iipaki ezimbini zeRV. I-Red Coconut RV Resort ineendawo zokupaka ze-RV kumacala amabini endlela. Kuyinto engavamile ukufumana i-RV ibhonkrithi ngqo kwicala. Ngokukhawuleza ngaphesheya kwee-RVs e-beachside kwiivenkile zaseGulfview kwakukho oyi-French Bakery (leyo negama layo!). Ndifanele ndiyenze ukusa ekuseni ukulungiselela ama-croissants njalo ekuseni esasikho. O mnandi. Thatha i-baguette nayo-ke uyeke kwisitoretya sokutya ngeeshizi kwaye uza kuba ne-snack midnight.
Downtown Ft. I-Myers Beach incinci. Kwiibhloko ezithandathu zeendawo zokutyelela zokutyelela kunye nokutya. Kukho indawo yokupaka kamasipala ngaselunxwemeni apho ungasondla khona iimitha zokupaka ngezinga lekota nganye ngemizuzu engama-20. Kukho nakwiindawo zokupaka ezizimeleyo ezihlawula i-$ 5 kuyo yonke imini yokupaka.
Ukuba ufuna ukushiya imoto kwindawo yokupaka ihotele, kukho ibhasi ebomvu ebomvu eqhuba rhoqo kwaye ixabiso liphela kuphela. Unokuqeshisa iibhasikidi, i-mopeds kunye ne-Harley izithuthuthu ngeendawo ezininzi edolophini. Into esiyithandayo yayiyi-bubble canopy moped. Asizange sikuqeshise enye, kodwa, o, kubonakala kukuhle. Kwaye, into esiyibonile endleleni yayigcinwa lula kunye neendlela eziselwandle.
Kukho udoba olude lokuloba. Ufikelelo lukhululekile kwaye awuyidingi ilayisenisi yokuloba amanzi e-soyile yaseFlorida ukuloba kuyo.
Abenzi bezitalato banokufumaneka kwindawo emva kwelanga.
Saya eSanibel Island ngelilanga lesibini kuloo ndawo. Into yokuqala ebonayo kukungabikho kwamahotele amaninzi kunye neekhondomu. Abavunyelwe. Into elandelayo ndiyiqaphele kukuba xa uqhuba umgaqo ophezulu kwisiqithi, awukwazi ukubona iGulf of Mexico okanye i-bay. Uninzi lwezindlu kunye namashishini asetyenziswa ngokucokisekileyo endleleni. Ukuqhuba umzila kwinqanaba lokuvakatyelela ukuphumla. Imithi enomthi wandikhumbuza ezinye zeendlela eziphantsi kweCharleston. Imimandla engabikho, kunjalo.I-JN "Ding" I-Darling Wildlife Resfuge kufuneka imise kwiSanibel Island. Kukho isikhulu solwazi samahhala kunye nemiboniso embalwa. Kukho umgama wecolom e-kilomitha ezintlanu ojikeleza kwiinqithi ze-mangrove. Unokuqhuba imoto yakho okanye ugibele ibhayisikili. Iindleko yi-$ 5. Ukuze ndibone uninzi lwanyana, ndincoma ukuba uhambe kusasa okanye kusekupheleni kwemini. Umzila uvulekile ukususela ngo-7: 30 ukuya ku-8 ntambama. Isikhathi sethu siphelile kwaye asizange sibone iintaka ezininzi (zaye zavela kwenye indawo). Noko ke, sasiyibona i-alligator yangempela, ephilayo, e-3-foot! Akukho nto iFlorida ngaphezu kokubona i-alligator, ukufika ngaphakathi kweenyawo ezili-8 ngaphandle kocingo phakathi kwakho kunye nayo, kwaye uhlala uxelele ngako.
Intshulo yethu ye-intanethi yokufaka indawo yayifumene i-West End-iParadesi, ekhangeleka kwi-Darling Refuge. Babengenasithuba xa sifikile, kodwa sakhetha ukuyeka ukuba sibone kwaye simemezele umninimzi, uPeter Wilkins, owayenomdla kakhulu kwaye ehamba ngeempendulo zakhe ze-imeyile.
Isakhiwo sazo sokwakha ezimbini siboniswe kwipropati yokuphuhlisa izindlu eziyi-1,000 ukusuka elunxwemeni. Banikela ngeebhasikidi zamahhala ukukhwela elunxwemeni okanye banendawo encane yokupaka endaweni yangaselunxwemeni kwiindwendwe zabo. Ngoxolo lukaPetros imvume, samphula isabelo sakhe seLwandle lwaseSanibel kwaye sasithanda.
Ngelishwa, asizange sifumane ixesha elide njengenye yezohlobo zamanzi zasehlotyeni ezithumelayo ukuthungela i-van emva kancinci ixesha elunxwemeni.
Kwaye kwindawo yakhe ekude, safumana iigobolondo zithatyathwa ngelixa sifikile. Hayi, yiinyoni zokuqala ezenza iigobolondo kwiSanibel kunye nommelwane waseNyakatho waseKaptiva.
Imvula yabonakala ibe yinto enomdla kumfazi wam. Ekuhambeni kwethu, safumana indawo yokuthenga i-Periwinkle Place kwiSanibel. Kule ndawo yindawo engqongileyo, ukuba kwindlela ongeke uyayiqonda ukuba inezitolo ezingaphezu kwe-40. Izimbolo zifihliwe, ngoko thina, nabanye abaninzi, sithunywe ngemvula emini ekhangayo kwiivenkile. Efihlakeleyo (ukusuka kwendlela, ubuncinane) yayiyiSanibel Island Chowder Inkampani apho sasinomgangatho obalaseleyo, ukuba sifikile, sasemini.
Asiyi kukuzalela ngokudlala kwelanga kunye nokuzonwabisa kumdlalo. Akufuneki ukuthetha, sasinandipha ukuhlala kwethu kwicala lase-Florida ngasentshonalanga. Sincoma ummandla woluhlobo oluhle, olulondoloziwe lwamaholide.
Izikhokelo:
I-75 ukuya kwi-Fort Myers. Ukuphuma ku-21 ngowona uphuma kakuhle kwi-I-75 kumabhishi. Indlela ephawulwe kakuhle ngempawu kwi-Ft. Myers Beach, uSanibel noCaptiva. Endleleni, uya kuhamba nge-Six Mile Cypress (ukuwela umgwaqo omkhulu 41), yenza ikhohlo kwi-Highway 869 (i-Summerlin) ekhokelela ngqo kwi-toll ye-3 ye-toll ngaphambi kokuba uwele ibhulophu ukuya eSanibel Island.
Ukuba indawo oya kuyo yi-Ft. Myers Beach, uya kujikela ngakwesobunxele kwi-Highway 865 (iSan Carlos). Ku malunga neekhilomitha ezili-15 ukusuka kwi-Ft. Myers Beach, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-17 ukuya kuSanibel.