And we spend the winters in Bonita Springs -half way between the two. The good thing is if you wanted to have a Quilting Board Group meeting there are many of us in the area. Used to live in Venice so know it is 80 miles north of us but only 1.5 hr by interstate so I would gladly go north to see you or meet somewhere, We have HUGE
mall close-Coconut Point Mall. Hobby Lobby in Ft. Myers.
MAIN thing is we have good winter weather. We will go to Destin for Thanksgiving to visit nephew.
Originally Posted by auniqueview
Ft. Myers has a beautiful beach, Estero right down the road does, too. If you want to go to Naples, be prepared to spend twice as much, be looked down on, and be bored. We almost moved down there, lol, but stayed in motels for two weeks while we looked around and drove north to Ft. Myers and stayed here instead. So much more to do, much friendlier. Unless you have the big bucks...BIG BIG buck, not their type.
There are quite a few outlet shopping centers about, if you are into that. And there is beautiful Sanibel Island, with the Ding Darling wildlife Center. We have Six Mile Wildlife preserve here....Corkscrew is in Estero, Cypress Lake is in Ft. Myers, and it is a beautiful park/nature area with trails, biking, boating, picnic areas. I keep trying to talk my family into holding reunions down here instead of making me drive up north, lol.
You can google Ft. Myer on the net, and find info on what to see, where to go.