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A moment or two after witching hour...

On our final full day of the vacation, the five of us decided to take a trip back to the Miromar Outlet Mall to spend some of our remaining dollars. The day proved to be one of the hottest days of our trip, and we managed to catch some of the rays walking around the outdoor mall.

Eunice & Lou went on their merry way, whilst Steven, Lucy & I visited stores such as Nike, Timberland, Ralph Lauren and Gap. Following the purchase of winter jackets, trainers and several shirts, we finished up and drove back over to the Tanger Outlets for further purchases.

An hour later we were heading back to Cape Coral for a late lunch at Rumrunners. The food, as had been on the previous two occasions was delightful, and we shall certainly make the effort to return there for a meal of some kind next year.

We made the short drive around the corner to our villa, where we enjoyed one last swim in the pool, before changing for a night out over on Pine Island. During our boat trip on Wednesday, Captain Bob had informed us that he played in a band, and that they were performing on Friday evening at his local drinking hole, Bert's Bar & Grille.

The short drive over took only 15 minutes and we parked outside the bar in front of a sign marked 'Bert's Parking' (the five of us chuckled at thoughts of being asked to move the vehicle later in the evening by Bert himself!). As we walked into the bar for the first time, we were met by a number of gazes from the turned heads of locals sat at the bar, and we wandered through to find an appropriate table to sit at to order our meals.

Shortly after sitting down, the three band members took their place at the front of the room, and sure enough, there was Captain Bob preparing to pluck away at his bass guitar!

Wave Running...

Iain shows off his wave running skills

Iain & Steven keep their eyes peeled for dolphins

A rare sight on this particular dolphin tour - a dolphin!

Iain & Steven enjoy the sea with a game of ball

A car Lucy & I hope to rent for our wedding holiday next year

We returned to our villa to be greeted by a White Ibis on the lawn

Aye Aye Captain...

Iain & Lucy await the arrival of Captain Bob on their villa dock

Captain Bob arrives with our rented boat

Lou, Eunice & Steven enjoy the views from up front

Iain takes in the sun at the rear of the boat

Lucy takes in some rays at the rear of the boat

We arrive at our destination - Cabbage Key

Steven, Lou, Eunice & Lucy ready to order lunch at the restaurant

The restaurant is covered in thousands of $1 bills

The five of us left our own mark on the restaurant

Eunice & Lou on their way up the water tower

A view from the top of the water tower

We returned to our villa as dusk settled

Iain cracks open a bottle of bubbly

Iain & Lucy celebrate a year's engagement

We want to ride our bicycles...

A racoon crosses the road at J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Lucy & Steven enjoy their bike ride

A couple of racoons hunting for fish

J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge

Steven & Iain play football on the beach at Casa Ybel

Thistle Lodge Restaurant - The venue of our wedding dinner in 2009

Lovely Hooters at Fort Myers Beach...

We were up and out of the villa at 9:30am this morning for a meeting with a man by the name of Dale. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss options for Lucy & my wedding, which we plan to hold this time next year.

We arrived at the home of Dale at 10:00am (coincidentally a stones throw away from the villa we stayed at last year), and by 10:40am we had handed over a $300 deposit to secure the date of Thursday 19th November 2009.

After the meeting we drove over to Fort Myers Beach ready for lunch, which we decided to have at Hooters.

The boys pose for the camera with Ashley - the Hooters girl

Steven & Iain play frisbee on Fort Myers Beach

Iain records a hole-in-one at Jungle Golf

Lucy putts for par