This is our final vacation post. I’m sure you’re glad to hear that!
The highlight of most any vacation, including this one, is the food. After all, our days revolved around the beach, the pool and meals!
Chris and I wanted to return to a few places we visited on our last trip. But we tried several new eateries, too. We enjoyed BBQ, Mexican and of course plenty of seafood. We pride ourselves on the fact that we ate at a chain restaurant only once. We ate at McDonald’s on Sunday after we spent the morning at the beach, mostly because many places were not open for Sunday lunch.
Avery claims that her favorite part of the trip was the ice cream! We indulged in ice cream every night after dinner, except for one night when Avery was not obeying or cooperating.
Dinner on Wednesday night after arriving to Marco Island early in the afternoon. Karen and I each order quesadillas. We actually should have split one instead! The good news is we had plenty of leftovers for lunch the next day!
This was the night that Avery didn’t behave very well. We specifically chose pizza for dinner, thinking that she would be all over it. But I don’t think she ate even one bite.
Avery was so tired! She fell asleep on the five-minute drive then slept in Chris’ lap until our meal arrived.
Here was Karen’s delicious shrimp scampi. I thought my food was sub par (Chris and Karen liked their meals), the atmosphere was OK, the service left much to be desired and the prices were unreasonable, considering the other factors. I guess we now know never to go back there!
One of our two trips to our favorite ice cream shop on the island. Avery didn’t sleep through this!
At our second favorite ice cream shop.
Our final dinner probably was one of my favorites. The food was excellent, the service was stellar and the prices were just right. The patrons weren’t as mean and crusty as you might guess from this picture. We wished we had visited this place sooner!
We had to make one final stop at the ice cream shop before going home.
Our departing flight wasn’t as early as when we left home. So we had a chance to enjoy one last big meal together before driving back to Fort Lauderdale.
And since I forgot to mention this in any other post…Before we left home, Chris mentioned that he saw a list of celebrities who have homes on Marco Island. We certainly didn’t expect to run into any of them. But once while driving, we saw a man waiting to cross the street. As we drove by Chris shouted to us, “That’s Mike Vanderjagt!” We so wanted to turn around, admit we are Colts fans and then promptly tell him he’s a liquored up, idiot kicker.