RC Life is a Highway

Ok we made it.  Got into Fort Meyers around 1:15 yesterday.  Stopped at Bahama Breeze for  lunch and a spicy Mango Mojito (Got to start putting this vacation in the right frame of mind). After lunch a quick stop at Wally World to pick up some things we'll need for the week then its windows down and proceed with our search for Paradise. It doesn't take long and you can smell it,  the salt air from the ocean paradise must be close.  Reach into your pocket and get out the best spent $6 bucks of the week.   Our home base this week is once again on Laika Lane.  Captiva Cutie is colorful beach themed ground level cottage.   It takes the beach angels about 10 minutes to get on swimming suits and head for the pool.  The first 5 minutes was spent checking out the lizard that was awaiting our arrival on the front porch.     We broke from our normal routine and hit the pool for awhile....

Waking up before alarm goes off at zero dark thirty a.k.a. 2:00 a. m.: check Hot shower and a shave:  check Cooler iced and ready for action: check Last minute items loaded in truck: check iPod loaded with tunes and podcast for the trip:  check Tall Tall cup of coffee which I will regret later:  check Carry the sleeping beach angels to the truck try not to wake them or they'll turn into devils:  check,check Say goodbye to the dogs, cats and other family members not fortunate enough to deploy on this mission: check, check, check Load the wife in the truck:  no need to check she wouldn't miss it for the world even if it meant sleeping overnight in the truck! So we deploy this mission on time  actually 1 hour earlier than we would mormally leave.  Everything  is going great until! We live in a rural area it's about a 40-50 mile drive over back roads to get to the interstate we need to get on. No problem, ac...

OK! Its time to blow the dust off this blog and get ready to share our next adventures in Paradise.  In my book Paradise is Captiva/Sanibel Florida. A place where we call our home every one-two years for a week away from the daily grind. I'm drawn to Captiva so that is where we set up our home base for the week.  We also seem to zero in on Laika  Lane.  We have stayed at several of the houses on Laika lane over the years and this one will be no different.  This one is a Cutie! Our group this year will be the usual suspects.  My granddaughters, the beach angels.  My daughter, wife and a new rookie to Sanibel/Captiva my daughter's boyfriend. So the truck is washed, waxed and ready to load.  Its become somewhat of a ritual to put a coat of wax on before the trip.  Some say its because I want to have a nice looking vehicle to start off on the trip.  In reality it makes it easier to clean all the love bugs and other unfortunate insects...

Fun with Flipper and the gang off the coast of Sanibel Enjoy

Manatees behind Green Flash Well we made it back home.  Reality is setting back in only a few short days till back to the daily grind.  I have posted several pictures from the week.  We get to have our annual  contest and decide which ones get blown up and framed to hang on the wall till next years visit.  It gives us something to look forward to while we are waiting.    

Sorry if I have been non-existent for the last couple of days.  The Beach Angels traded in their halos for a set of mouse ears.  Yep we left Paradise on Sadurday morning around 7:30.  The Angels thought we were taking mommy AKA The Handler and Chris AKA The Roadie to the airport in Orlando. About 5 miles from WDW.  The Handler gave the beach angel a note.  About being good and that mommy was going to Disney World.  The Beach Angel thought Mommy was going alone without her.  It was hilarious. But really Disney with long sweaty lines and a lot of people who don't speak English and doing it for three days.  WHAT WAS I THINKING???? Anyway back to paradise for just a few more minutes.  Then I got to go to breakfast and find Goofy.  Friday was really a repeat of alot of the days this year, Beach.  We probably spent more time this year than we have in years past.  I kept finding my self humming "Some Beach" by Blake Shelton several ...