12M ~ January 2020

40th Birthday Trip to Naples, Florida with my ride or die!

We landed in Fort Myers and had a little bit of a snafu with the rental car, but we were not going to let it cramp our vacay style.  We sorted it all out and were ready to roll!  Before heading to the resort we stopped for a quick bite at a pita place and then to Target for some sunscreen (we only brought carry on bags so we were limited in the amount of liquids we could pack).

Rental Car ✔ - Ready to head to our resort!

Palm Trees AND Target!

We got our room key and headed to our room.  I wanted my 40th Birthday getaway to be special so we splurged for the ocean view room and I'm so glad we did!

Not too shabby for us!  Now all we need is a little sunshine!

We had such a late lunch that we weren't all that hungry for dinner an decided on appetizers at the resort bar.  But first we decided to do some exploring and found a very fancy shopping center a little ways north.  We saw some really beautiful homes on our drive only to find out that wasn't even the fanciest beaucoup bucks homes.

After we got back we headed to the bar and found a seat next to the fire!  I ordered some shrimp and a Titos and Soda with lime.  There was live music, a man singing and playing guitar doing Dave Mathews and Coldplay type covers.

Everything was perfect until a group sat down behind us and started smoking!!  We couldn't even believe this was happening.  We asked our waiter if people were allowed to smoke and he answered with "Yes, would you like an ashtray?" Um NO!  But check please!

I get that we were sitting outdoors on a patio, but ew, we were still in a place where we were eating food and because we had an open tab with our waiter we couldn't easily get up and leave.  It was so gross!  And not something we were anticipating because it is not something permitted in good ole New England (even outdoors!)!

We paid the tab and got out of dodge.  It's a shame because I may have been inclined to order another drink and stay to listen to the music.  It was a gorgeous night.  Instead we headed back to the room and just chilled up there until calling it a night.