Fort Myers Beach

Staying on Sanibel Island is great to get away from the crowds, but if you want more nightlife than Sanibel has to offer, I would say- take a drive to Fort Meyer’s Beach.

Jackie, Tashina, and I went to Fort Myers Beach on New Year’s Eve. It was fantastic! There was a different band in every bar and on every street corner, thousands of people, and a great fireworks show.

If you love shelling, you’ll love this beach.

The sand has the consistency of powdered sugar. It’s also a beautiful beach with calm waters (not good for surfing). It can get crowded, but there are some tricks to finding unpopulated spots and easy parking spaces – ask me if you want to find out.

Coming from Sanibel, where they keep the commercialization to a bare minimum, it just seemed overdone and cheesy. Also, the beach was the dirtiest I’ve ever seen, due to the red tide that year. Lots of dead things.