J.N. "Ding" Darling, Bowman Beach and Captiva Beach
return to Fort Myers Beach home

Our little friend here circled our rental car. By the time he got to my side, I had the camera ready. (97kb) A soft-shell tortoise. Other people thought it was an armadillo. (99kb) Mangrove forests are cool. (100kb) Jaime on the boardwalk hike at Ding. (103kb) Dave on the boardwalk hike at Ding. (95kb)
The boardwalk hike was one of our favorite parts of Ding. (105kb) A bird preening. (96kb) Me at Ding. Check out the cool vintage Hawaiian shirt. Thanks, Ragstock! (95kb) Our second day at Ding we hoped to see spoonbills, but saw only one (the pinkish guy towards the bottom right). (74kb) Bowman Beach on Sanibel Island. Lots of shells, and lots of surf our last day. (84kb)
Dave at Bowman Beach. (46kb) Bird at Bowman Beach. (47kb) Shells at Bowman Beach. There were places where they actually were knee deep. (85kb) Another shot of Bowman Beach. (62kb) Jaime at Bowman Beach. (42kb)
Sunset on Captiva Beach. That's not Dave stooped over, but we did get some shells here. (72kb) Sunset at Bowman Beach. (58kb) Sunset at Bowman Beach - it's hard to see, but there's a dolphin fin about halfway between the sun and the left edge. (93kb) Sunset on Bowman Beach. (70kb) The sun's just about down at Captiva Beach. (70kb)