Blogs from Cape Coral, Florida, United States, North America

We all enjoyed a decent lie in and I began to tackle some packing as today was our last full day :-(. Packed up some beers, stopped en-route for snacks and spent a few hours out at Fort Myers beach, followed by a bit of shopping for Kat who wanted to buy gifts for the kids.A final stop at Publix for a few more items for dinner, the plan was to eat the remaining food and drink the remaining drink (there was plenty of both!)Stage two of packing didn't go too well and we ended up taking Jon's kind offer to ship a box of our stuff to us later in the week as it would no way all fit into our suitcases!Cooked up all the food and ate as much as we good, finished the ... read more

A quiet day planned for today, went online to see if the local Walmart had Gro Pros in stock and ordered one for collection. Reserved a boat for tomorrow to go out for the day with Jon and Kat who were arriving later. Bought more food for the bbq.Jon and Kat arrived around 7pm and Jon was straight onto making Moscow Mules which went down well.Fired up the bbq and cooked a huge amount of steak, salad and salmon for me, a little too much wine was consumed, so had a quick dip in the pool before bed.... read more

A bit cloudy first thng so decided to put kayaking off until tomorrow and head to the mall. Had tea by the pool and hit the road for the half hour journey. We had been to the Miromar outlet mall before so knew where we were going. Spent the next few hours buying essentials and non-essentials and a few gifts for friends. Managed to grab a bite of lunch before round two. Some great bargains to be found especially in the Converse store, I could have bought half a dozen pairs but bearing baggage allowance in mind had to settle for two! When asked my name in two stores was treated to renditions of songs by Adele the theme started four hears ago in California and seems to continue each time I visit the US so ... read more

We happened upon the Cape Coral's Oktoberfest from an ad in "The Pine Island Eagle," our entertainment bible when we camp here. The event is well organized and seems to be run by a huge cadre of volunteers in drindles and leiderhausen selling tickets (you can't use money to buy your brats and beers), cooking potato pancakes, pouring beer and wine and parking cars. It's an enormous effort held annually on the last two weekends of October. The German American Club owns the huge indoor/outdoor venue at 2101 Pine Island Road, Cape Coral. We've passed it often; but this was our first actual visit. The festival is crowded and raucous. If the hoi palloi bustle of the big tent or the large picnic area proves overwhelming; sit-down dinners are served in von Steuben Hall. The von ... read more

Matt's and my good friend Cara, decided that she wanted to celebrate her 25th birthday with fun in the sun during a Cape Coral weekend getaway. Directions We were more than happy to attend! From West Palm to Cape Coral, we opted to take I-75 which took us a little under 3 hours despite a mini detour of getting lost. From Cape Coral to West Palm, we took Southern the whole way. Southern is a much more direct route, but also posed some issues with drops in speed since it cut through several central Florida towns. In the future, I would probably always take I-75 for the steady speed limit alone. Lodging Cara did her research in advance and opted to have us all stay at The Resort at MarinaVillage in Cape Coral . We booked ... read more