Day 2- Ft. Myers

Our first full day and so far, it has not disappointed.

An early start and the body clocks have adjusted. We breakfast on sultana bran (sultanas coated in sugar) and peanut butter with toast (the extra sugar in the PB is noticeable. This was smooth, but the sugar made it almost crunchy, swear to god). Oh, and fresh mango. Dot's house has a mango tree. And an avocado tree.

So first up, Ft. Myers beach.





Scottish boys on the beach lasted about 45 minutes. I mean, it was hot.

By the point we had fried it was totally lunch time. Thankfully, just off the beach was a Dairy Queen Grill and Chill.



THE FIRST FAST FOOD STOP OF THE TOUR! Lucky, lucky DQ.

Here's how it went. Steve went first, and Steve took it easy. An Original Cheeseburger and a soda (Moutain Dew, then Dr. Pepper). Neil, a Bacon Cheddar Grillburger Combo meal, with Mountain Dew. I sprung for a Double Grillburger Combo Meal. It looked like this...



I mixed and matched with the sodas. I had like a half cup of Sierra Mist, a little bit of Minute Maid Lemonade, and then about a half cup of Mountain Dew. Very, very refreshing. Here's how the experience looked...





Here was the view from our seat (windowless of course, which was a fantastic extra, but the wind picked up towards the end and the boxes started to fly, not so great.)



We have all agreed that the food was totally awesome. The burgers were simple, with mustard, ketchup and wonderfully crunchy pickle. The fries were well salted and well cooked, crispy but not overdone, and very tasty. We didn't spring for dessert because the choice wasn't up to the usual DQ standard, but we were all satisfied anyway. A very good fast food experience.


Job done.

After the beach, we went to Target. We bought toothpaste, Listerine, deodorant, etc. etc. Neil had big expectations and thought he was going to buy a lot. He bought a pack of Orbit. He is still pretty unhappy about the whole thing. I bought a cap. It is the best cap.



After superTarget, we crossed the road and went to the biggest liquor store that we've ever, ever seen. Like... jesus. They have everything you could ever imagine. I don't know anything about wine, but they had all the wine, they had types of beer that we've never even heard of (San Miguel Dark! Dark!), and like 8 different varieties of Kahlua!

Here's a photo of Steve walking thru the store, just to give you a sense of how damned big this thing was.



And here is Scottish Steve and Neil standing in the fridge room at the back, which had kegs ready to go, massive cases of all the main beers, plus all the plastic cups and ice that the whole planet could ever need. Remember, this room is refrigerated.



This was all a little too much for us, so we went home. To the pool. Where we drank beer. And it rained



So far so good. Big love from the FFT Crew. Hope the hospital was fun today, Mike.