some photos from the conference

 

 

Sanibel Island is very nice, they have taken care of it

this is a dead end street with no parking just a biking or walking beach access

 

 

 

white sand

 

 

lots of shells

 

this is the island that Anne Morrow Lindbergh lived on

when she wrote, Gift from the Sea

first published in 1955

I bet the island was very different then

in fact I think you still had to take the ferry from Fort Myers

 

 

 

here was my home for the conference, I loved it

 

see the bike seat through the window

I should have taken a picture of my bike

all the main roads on Sanibel have bike paths

nice wide paved off the road bike paths

it was an easy 2 miles to the conference from the campground

and a half mile to the beach

it felt so free to ride my bike back and forth

 

 

this is the campsite of my new friend I told you about

pretty sweet

she is from Maine and she spends the winter on Sanibel and has for over 25 years

 

 

here is my photo of Susan Orlean

I know

and I am so bummed out I did not get a photo with her when I had the chance

I did not have the heart, she looked so tired

 

I did however manage to

 

 

get a photo of the handsome Mr. Dubus and myself

he was the perfect gentleman

 

so I look like a groupie

I was hoping that some of his genius and magic

 

will rub off on me