We agree with a whole bunch of these activities on Sanibel Especially #5 and #22 (which is right across the street from our Sanibel office)!
Time is short. Here’s your checklist. Get crackin’.
. 1. Make music, not war with the Punta Gorda Guitar Army on its Thursday night jam sessions at Gilchrist Park. It starts at around 6:30 p.m. rain or shine, and sometimes goes into the wee hours of the morning (theguitararmy.wordpress.com).
. 3. Go on one of photographer Clyde Butcher’s swamp walks out back behind his Big Cypress Gallery in the Everglades. Even better: Do it when you can book a night or two in the onsite Bungalow or the Swamp Cottage. (695-2428, clydebutchersbigcypressgallery.com).
. 4. Rent a beachfront hotel in summer on Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel or Manasota Key. Then watch lightning light up the skies after the sun goes down.
. 5. Polish off a plate of corned beef hash and French toast at the Over Easy Café on Sanibel Island (630 Tarpon Bay Road, 472-2625). Then walk off those calories on the beach.
. 6. On your mark, get set, go run the Edison 5K. Thousands of spectators line the route waiting for the parade that follows (edisonfestival.org). But really, they’re there to watch you run. This year’s run takes place at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21.
