Fort Myers, FL - Biking to Sanibel

The island of Sanibel has lots of bike paths. It's a great way to get around. But this was the first trip where we actually biked TO Sanibel. This means biking OVER the skybridge on the Causeway. The bridge is pretty steep, and the guardrails are pretty low, but it was still a beautiful ride. Not to mention that riding your bike saves you on the $6 toll! ha!
Once we got to the island, we just rode to the lighthouse and the beaches in that area. Every beach seems to collect different shells, so if you ever visit this area, don't limit yourself to one area for shelling. Hit Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, Captiva, and you'll be amazed as to what you can find.

We were happy to finally get on our bikes for a little exercise this week, but after arriving at the beaches we wished we had our snorkel gear with us. It's so much fun to snorkel for shells. You can just lie out there on the flat water, about a foot deep and just keep your face down. So relaxing! But the water at Bunche beach is brown with tannin from the mangroves, and several of the days the water was choppy from the storm, so we didn't even think about carrying snorkel gear with us on our bikes. Oh well, next time.