Ft. Myers Fl. (Matlacha) SHAGESQUE - Tiki Travel

H hodadhank Member Mission Beach, CA Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 1689	H hodadhank Posted posted on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 9:49 AM On to Sanibel Island. I remember Sanibel having a natural tropical canope which arched across Preiwinkle Way the length of the island, but the storms of recent years have done some dramatic pruning. Sanibel is however still home to many interesting tropical distractions including the Sanibel lighthouse, Tarpon Bay, Pine Island Sound and the J.N."Ding" Darling National Wildlife Preserve http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/ (A word of warning: If you drive your mother's Mercury over the newly repaired Sanibel Causeway without paying the new six dollar toll, they will definately send a bill for $6 to your mother's house.) Tahitian Gardens, took a beating in the storms and the saucerlike stucture that almost twenty years ago housed the very popular and islander themed Banyon Tree resturant. I thought my folks had saved some glassware from the resturant but were actually from the Bodi Tree. Bummer. A little further down Periwinkle Way is a Motel with a name dear to this old Philly boy's heart : The Kona Kai! Voted #1 SW Florida Vacation Value by Frommer's Travel! Hey look at that little mask on one of the Kona Kai's door jams! I think I must be hot on the trail of the Matlacha Mystery Carver! http://www.konakaimotel.com/

On to Sanibel Island. I remember Sanibel having a natural tropical canope which arched across Preiwinkle Way the length of the island, but the storms of recent years have done some dramatic pruning. Sanibel is however still home to many interesting tropical distractions including the Sanibel lighthouse, Tarpon Bay, Pine Island Sound and the J.N."Ding" Darling National Wildlife Preserve http://www.fws.gov/dingdarling/

(A word of warning: If you drive your mother's Mercury over the newly repaired Sanibel Causeway without paying the new six dollar toll, they will definately send a bill for $6 to your mother's house.)

Tahitian Gardens, took a beating in the storms and the saucerlike stucture that almost twenty years ago housed the very popular and islander themed Banyon Tree resturant. I thought my folks had saved some glassware from the resturant but were actually from the Bodi Tree. Bummer.

A little further down Periwinkle Way is a Motel with a name dear to this old Philly boy's heart : The Kona Kai! Voted #1 SW Florida Vacation Value by Frommer's Travel!

Hey look at that little mask on one of the Kona Kai's door jams! I think I must be hot on the trail of the Matlacha Mystery Carver!

http://www.konakaimotel.com/

Post #355533 by hodadhank on Thu, Jan 17, 2008 9:49 AM