My stay on Sanibel island provided the perfect platform to catch up
on e-mails and update my website. The island of Sanibel has so much
to offer. The beaches are some of the best in the country. The 2002
movie sweet home Alabama staring Reese Withwerspoon was filmed on
Bowman's beach on Sanibel island.
If your into hunting shells Sanibel island is where you want to be.
The sea floor has a gentle slope and the waves come in small which
allows many shells to wash up intact. According to experts there are
only two other better spots in the entire world for finding shells,
Sulu island of the Philippines and Jeffrey's Bay on the Southeast
tip of South Africa.
Sanibel maintains a charming "get away from it all" atmosphere. In
1993 McDonalds paid $571,000 for an acre of land to put up a
restaurant. A grass routes campagien was started called "MCspoil
The tourists were the most vocal opponents and Just before Christmas
of 1995 McDonalds withdrew their plans.

The people on Sanibel island are very nice. For example Barbra told
me I could use a bike in the garage and left me directions on where
I could get air for the low tire. While pushing the bike towards the
gas station a man checking his mail gave me a weird and look and
said in a joking way "you now they invented those to ride" I told
him about the tire and he went and got a pump and pumped up the tire
for me. Residents sitting on park benches would often say hi to me
as I passed by.
The bike paths on Sanibel island are very nice and lead to all parts
of the island. If your waiting to cross the roads the motorists are
very friendly often slowing down and waving you across. The max
speed limit on the island is 35MPH. It is far from fast paced on
Sanibel island.
Overall I really enjoyed my stay on Sanibel island, it was
productive for raising awareness for MS doing interviews with NBC
channel 2 in Ft. Myers, the Ft. Myers newspaper, and the Sanibel
island newspaper. The bean coffee shop named "Sanibel bean" provided
a great platform to hook up my wireless laptop and get work done.
The biggest surprise of my stay on Sanibel island happened at the
bean. The owner of Sanibel bean Daniel Dix approached me after
hearing that channel 2 was down for an interview and was curious as
to what I was doing. It turns out he is from Wooster, Ohio which is
where I work! Even more surprising his father Victor Dix used to be
the publisher of The Dailey record in Wooster, which has done some
stories about my trip. It was so cool to be able to talk with Daniel
and Victor about Wooster and we even knew some of the same people.

Sanibel has been great. It will be good to get back on the water. I
can not thank Barbra Finkelstein enough for letting me use her huge
screened in back porch and swimming pool while her and her husband
were away.
Your friend in the fight against MS John latecki,
http://www.fightingms.org/