We arranged an Uber for 5.am for our flight at 6.45am from Boston to Fort Meyers. He arrived 5.10am in a Prius with nearly 200 k on the clock - wheel bearing shot- traveling at max speed of 60 mph on mass pike after taking 20 minutes to get to 495. ( at this time on-a Sunday morning Logan is 50 minutes max). We arrived at Logan at 6.08 and it took another 5 to 10 minutes to proceeded to check in for our flight at 6.45 only to be informed that the computer stopped issuing boarding passes 45 minutes before takeoff. ( Narration by Nandad - can you feel his frustration!). Not to worry boarded a Jet Blue flight instead at 8.30 amazing what money can buy. Lesson learned by Nana and Nandad. Arrived at IE at 2pm and headed for South Seas Captiva. On our way over we got caught right in the middle of a thunderstorm with high winds and horizontal rain!! At least it wasn’t the sail boat so the Captain and First Lady remained dry. It was a little unnerving to be navigating the ICW with limited vision however we arrived safely into South Seas and were docked by 6pm.
Now our daughter Aideen and family were having their own experience due to the storm their flight was delayed by two hours and they were kept on the plane with a two and four year old!! Needless to say all the movies on the iPad were watched before take off! They arrived exhausted to the resort at 10pm. A long day but at least they woke up to sunshine, warmth and IE was right their at the dock.
A wonderful few days spent sharing paradise with family. The kids swam in the pool everyday ( although it was a long walk for little ones to get there), the manatees and dolphins were a huge success, we went on a dingy ride, boat ride, rode the tram to watch the magic show and of course made a wish at sunset by throwing our shells into the ocean. All adults were exhausted particularly Mommy and Daddy but a good time was had by all.
Aideen, Chris, Cillian and Liam with Nandad explaining the wish upon a shell ritual at Sunset.
Yes we did attempt dinner at Doc Fords before the magician performance! Early bird special is always good with little ones. The gang gathered on the bow of Ireland’s Eye on the way to North Captive so the Doneski’s could see where the Arsenault’s vacationed. We did attempt fishing however as you can imagine with a four year old and a two year old we were not that successful. Nandad and Chris’s patience was certainly challenged.
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