January on Sanibel

It was so warm! (well, duh!) Actually, I was surprised it wasn't warmer. We wore our sweatshirts more than I thought we would, and the ocean was a bit too chilly for much swimming. And did I mention there were sharks?!? EVERYWHERE! We saw sharks almost every morning, within about 20 feet of the shore. We even saw dolphins one day!


There is a really neat wildlife refuge called the J.N. "Ding" Darling that we were supposed to kayak through, but it was too windy so we rode the tram instead. Lots of cool birds and we saw a gator! Of course I didn't take the super-long lens so I didn't get many closeups of the animals, but here's a few shots of the boy, just doing his thing on the beach.