Lapho umfowethu, DC Stultz, engitshela ukuthi uzothatha uhambo oluthile lweR & R eNingizimu-mpumalanga yeFlorida, ngamcela ukuba athathe izithombe futhi afake umbiko wohambo kimi. Wenza umsebenzi omkhulu! Nazi imizamo yakhe.
Ngabe uyazibuza ukuthi kuphi abantu baseFlorida bahamba ngezinyanga zabo? Eminye inhloko yenyakatho ukuvakashela umndeni kanye nokunye ikhanda ezintabeni - iNorth Carolina iyintandokazi. Ngokuyinhloko, noma kunjalo, siya kwenye ingxenye yeFlorida.
Kukhona njalo indawo entsha noma indawo oyintandokazi endala yokuvakashela.
Yingakho mina nomkami sithwala iveni futhi siya ku-Ft. Myers Beach neSanibel Island. Siphila amakhilomitha amahlanu kuphela ukusuka e-Clearwater Beach enhle, kodwa sanquma ukuthi sidinga ukuya endaweni ethile kancane kancane.
I-Ft. I-Myers itholakala ogwini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeFlorida. Kwakungumshayeli olula ku-I-275 ngenhliziyo yaseSt. Petersburg, phezu kweSwedish Skyway Bridge edumile futhi ngase-I-75 kuya ku-Ft. Myers. Uhambo lwamamayela angu-130 lithatha amahora ambalwa nje kanye nengxenye yehora ekugcineni ukuze ufike ngaphesheya futhi ufinyelele ogwini uma sesifikile lapho.
Ngenxa yokungaqiniseki ngamahlelo omsebenzi, asikwazanga ukwenza izinhlelo zangaphambili. Ngakho kwakudingeka sishaye ukubhuka ngobusuku ngaphambi kokuhamba kwethu. Ngenxa yezixhumanisi ezithile kuDaily's Florida for Visitors site site sikwazi ukuthola, ukukhetha, nokuthola ukubhuka e-Pink Shell Beach Resort ku-tip ntshonalanga ye-Ft.
I-Myers Beach, cishe u-3/4 miles ukusuka eBhuloho naseDowntown.
Sinegumbi elihle lezitayela zehhotela elinemibhedde emibili enesihlalo sobukhosi, i-kitchenette encane enezitofu ezimbili zokushisa, i-microwave, isiqandisini esincane kanye nezitsha ezanele, izibuko kanye nesiliva ezine. Sasihlala esitezi sesine (sakhiwo esinezitezi ezinhlanu) futhi sinebhokisi elibukeziwe elibheke eGulf of Mexico neSanibel Island.
I-Pink Shell yindawo enkulu enezinhlobo eziningi zokuhlala - nazo zinama-villas, ama-suites nama-cottages afanele ukulingana nawo wonke amabhajethi nobukhulu bomndeni. Kukhona amachibi amathathu futhi zonke izindawo zikhona ogwini. Kunezindawo zokudlela ezimbili nezikebhe ezingaqashwa ukudoba noma ukuhamba.
Sithukulule i-van futhi sabuyela emuva ukuze sihlole indawo yethu entsha. Izidumbu zethu zazi ukuthi sesidle ukudla kwasemini, ngakho-ke kwakuphakeme ohlelweni lwethu. Emayela eningizimu enyakatho yedolobha, sathola i-Squiggy, umqondo omdala we-fashion diner ngezinye izimoto ezingu-50 ezibukeka phambili ezihamba phambili. I-hamburgers yayinhle.
Saphawula ukuthi i-Post Office itholakala ngemuva kwayo futhi ifaka leyo lwazi ukuze isebenzise esikhathini esizayo ukuthumela amakhadi okuposa.
Ukushayela kancane kancane emgwaqweni, sithole amapaki ama-RV ambalwa. I-Red Coconut RV Resort inezindawo zokupaka ze-RVs zombili zomgwaqo. Kuyinto engavamile ukuthola isibhamu se-RV sikhonkolo ngqo ogwini. Ngokuqondile ngaphesheya kweRVsside RVs ezitolo zaseGulfview kwakuyi-French Bakery yangempela (igama layo futhi!). Ngifanele ngenze ekuseni kugijime ama-croissants njalo ekuseni esasilapho. Okumnandi. Thatha i-baguette futhi-ke uyeke esitolo sokudla nginye ushizi futhi uzoba nomswakama omkhulu phakathi kwamabili.
Downtown Ft. I-Myers Beach incane. Cishe izingqimba eziyisithupha zesitolo sezivakashi nezindawo zokudla. Kukhona indawo yokupaka kamasipala engasogwini ngasenyakatho lapho ungakondla khona amamitha wokupaka ngesilinganiso sekota njalo ngemizuzu engu-20. Kukhona nezinye izindawo zokupaka ezizimele ezikhokhisa u-$ 5 wonke usuku lokupaka.
Uma ufuna ukushiya imoto endaweni yokupaka ihotela, kunebhasi elibomvu elibomvu eligijima kaningi futhi umthamo uyingxenye yesine kuphela. Ungaqasha amabhayisikili, ama-mopeds kanye nama-Motorcycle asezindaweni eziningana edolobheni. Okuthandayo kwakuyi-double-place bubble canopy moped. Asizange siqasha eyodwa, kodwa, o, kubonakala sengathi kumnandi. Futhi, lowo esikubone emgwaqweni wawuhambisana kalula ne-beach traffic.
Kukhona i-pier ende yokudoba. Ukufinyelela kukhululekile futhi awudingi ilayisense yokudoba amanzi e-Florida usawoti ukudoba kuwo.
Abenzi bezitaladi bangatholakala endaweni ngemuva kwelanga phansi.
Saya eSanibel Island ngosuku lwethu lwesibili endaweni. Into yokuqala oyibonayo yikuntula kwamahhotela amaningi nama-condominiums. Awuvunyelwe. Into elandelayo engiyiqaphele ukuthi uma ushayela umgwaqo omkhulu esiqhingini, awukwazi ukubona iGulf of Mexico noma i-bay. Amaningi ezindlu namabhizinisi asetshenziswe kahle endleleni. Ukushayela emgwaqeni ngesivinini sezokuvakasha kwakuphumula. Izihlahla ezithintekayo zangikhumbuza ezinye zemigwaqo ezweni eliphansi elizungeze uCharleston. Sans amasimu, Yebo.I-JN "Ding" i-Darling Wildlife Resirege yi-a must stop on Sanibel Island. Kukhona isikhungo solwazi samahhala esinemibukiso embalwa. Kukhona umgwaqo wegobolondo wamamayela amahlanu ubuya ezinqabeni zezihlahla. Ungashayela imoto yakho noma ugibele ibhayisikili. Izindleko zingu- $ 5. Ukuze ubone izilwane zasendle kakhulu, ngiphakamisa ukuthi uhambe ekuseni noma kusesemini. Umzila uvulekile kusukela ngo-7: 30 ekuseni kuya ku-8 ntambama. Isikhathi sethu siphelile futhi asizange sibone izinyoni eziningi (zazivela kwenye indawo zondla). Kodwa-ke, sasibona i-alligator yangempela, ephilayo, engu-3-foot! Ayikho iFlorida engaphezu kokubona i-alligator, ingena ngaphansi kwamamitha angu-8 ngaphandle kocingo phakathi kwakho naso, futhi uhlala ukhuluma ngakho.
I-intanethi yethu yokufuna indawo yokulala yayivezile iWest End - iPharadesi, esingaphesheya kweDisling Res refuge. Babenaso sikhala lapho sifikile, kodwa sazikhethela ukuma ukuze sikubone futhi sitshele umnikazi, uPeter Wilkins, owayebe mnandi kakhulu futhi ehamba phambili ngeempendulo zakhe ze-imeyili.
Indawo yakhe yokwakha emibili ihlelwe ekuthuthukiseni izindlu ze-upscale izinyawo ezingu-1,000 kusukela ogwini. Banikela ngamabhayisikili mahhala ukugibela ogwini noma banendawo encane yokupaka endaweni yangasese ogwini lwazo izivakashi zabo. Ngesivumelwane somusa sikaPetru, samphakamisa isabelo sakhe seLwandle lwaseSanibel Island futhi sasithanda.
Ngeshwa, asizange sithole ukuhlala isikhathi eside njengenye yalezi zihlambi zasehlobo zasehlobo zisithumelele ukuqhuma iveni ngemuva kwesikhathi esifushane ebhishi.
Ngisho nasezindaweni ezikude, sathola ukuthi amagobolondo athathwa ngesikhathi sifikile. Maye, yizinyoni zakuqala ezithola ama shellbhisi ku-Sanibel nomakhelwane wayo waseNyakatho Captiva.
Imvula yaba yinto engafanelekayo kumkami. Ekuhambeni kwethu, sathola indawo yokuthenga ye-Periwinkle Place ku-Sanibel. Lihleleke kakhulu endaweni yalo, ukuthi kusukela emgwaqweni awusoze wazi ukuthi inezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-40. Izindwangu zimbozwe, ngakho thina, nabanye abaningi, sibhekene ne-ntambama emvula esibheka ezitolo. Efihlekile (emgwaqweni, okungenani) kwakuyiSanibel Island Chowder Company lapho sasihle kakhulu, uma sekwephuzile, sasemini.
Ngeke sikukhumbule ngokudlala kwelanga nokumnandi ngokudlala. Akungasho ukuthi, sajabulela ukuhlala kwethu ogwini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga eFlorida. Sincoma indawo yohlu oluhle, olulondoloziwe emuva kweholide.
Izikhombisi-ndlela:
I-75 South kuya Fort Myers. Ukuphuma ku-21 kungcono ukuphuma kwe-I-75 kumabhishi. Umzila ubhalwe kahle ngezimpawu ku-Ft. Myers Beach, uSanibel noCaptiva. Endleleni, uzohamba nge-Six Mile Cypress (owela umgwaqo omkhulu 41), wenze ngakwesokunxele ku-Highway 869 (Summerlin) eholela ngqo ku-$ 3 toll ibhokisi ngaphambi kokuwela ibhuloho eya eSanibel Island.
Uma ngabe uya khona yi-Ft. I-Myers Beach, uzophenduka ngakwesokunxele ku-Highway 865 (iSan Carlos). Kungaba amakhilomitha angaba ngu-15 ukusuka e-interstate kuya ku-Ft. I-Myers Beach, cishe ngamamayela angu-17 kuya kuSanibel.