We LOVED Fort Myers in February! We stayed from Feb. 23-26th, at Fort Myers RV Resort. Weather was absolutely perfect. TT has only 10 resorts in the whole country, where you pay a fee for camping, instead of nothing out of pocket and of course, Fort Myers is one of them. We paid $20 a night, instead of the $60 rate – still a deal.
First impression of this campground was very good – nice pool and spa area, palm trees everywhere and the Nicest bathroom/shower house we have seen at any campground!
So, we were escorted to our site by two employees and with them both spotting G, we could not fit into the first site they took us to. It was so cramped there was no way our camper plus our truck was making any of the turns. To say the sites here are tight is an UNDERSTATEMENT! They found another spot and probably the only reason it worked is the site to our right had no power – so no camper/RV there. We lucked out! I will hate to see how we are able to maneuver there, if we go back later with a longer Fifth Wheel!
There are lots of permanent sites here and most of them are very cute. We spoke with our neighbors and found out the majority of the people come from up north in October and stay until Spring. Everyone we met there was super friendly. Even in Fort Myers we met a couple from our home town – small world! They were sad we were not staying until the weekend, to go sing Karaoke or to be more precise, they were sad that Garland was not going to sing, when they found out his hobbies! Our neighbors directly behind us went a few doors (aka a few campers down) for a dinner party and on the way back brought us left-overs, which were really good. I told G I would eat mine after him, in case he died…he didn’t, and then I enjoyed mine! It was a great place to take the pups for walks and they also had a dog park. I wanted to try out the shuffle board court, but didn’t have time.
Our last day in FL, we took vacation, to explore the area. We drove just a few miles to Fort Myers Beach, which took about 40 minutes, due to the traffic. We laughed as some neighbors that had left the campground about the same time as us, passed us in the bike lane! But it was worth the traffic! We ate at The Dixie Fish company, right under the bridge. I would highly recommend this restaurant. We both LOVED our food and it was right on the water with fabulous service.
We drove to a park on the beach, close to Bonita Springs. Gorgeous white sand, like in the panhandle. We then visited The Mound House (Estero Island), which is a restored house and museum atop an ancient Calusa Indian shell mound – with artifacts and a show that teaches about the time-line of the shell mound. Very cool! Rode down the main street in Fort Myers Beach, looking at the multi-million dollar homes. And of course, on the way back we stopped at the Love Boat, an ice cream shop with tons of homemade flavors. G bought us t-shirts that say, “The answer is Ice cream, who cares what the question is!” My husband is an ice cream fanatic, just like his Mother!
More on the second part of our trip later.