Sanibel Island Sunset – Harvest Moon Coconut Palms

October 5, 2009 – Last night was our first evening on Sanibel Island, Florida. Kersten, JJ and I, are on a week long annual getaway trip along the southwest offshore Florida waters. Our first late afternoon and evening gave way to a beautiful Gulf of Mexico sunset along the white sandy beaches. We walked along the beach searching for seashells and taking pictures along the way as the light slowly faded. It was a nice end to the day after the pleasant trip over from the Florida east coast, and the awesome Miami Dolphins first (finally) win over the Buffalo Bills.

Just after sunset, the moonrise was also underway, as the bright October Harvest Moon broke the horizon looking back towards the east. Later that night the bright moon illuminated the coconut palm tree’s as they danced in the very warm southerly breezes.

My brother Craig made it over to the condo shortly after 10:30pm (after being at the Miami Game), to enjoy a few days with us as well. We fired up the grill again late into the night and had some burgers under the moon. Now as I write this post, it’s 3:00am and everyone is asleep as I edit a small sample of my pictures from our first day on vacation. Hope you like them DeeDee!