Sanibel’s Community Housing and Resources (CHR) raised more than funds at their annual Mardi Gras party on February 6 at the Dunes Golf & Tennis Club. It was a fun-filled event with hundreds of revelers in masquerade enjoying a Bourbon Street parade, New Orleans-themed activities, music and food buffet. The highlight of the festivities was a surprise appearance by the Fort Myers High School Marching Band. » Read more
Guests are loving the new Retail Kiosk in our recently-renovated office area!
All sorts of Ocean’s Reach goodies are now available in a wide variety of sizes, styles and colors.
The most difficult decision seems which to choose. A comfy cotton tee or laid-back beach cover-up? A classic polo shirt or a more casual long-sleeved tee? Ocean’s Reach caps, bucket hats and beach towels are also now in inventory. » Read more
Island night life is alive and well at Ocean’s Reach! Our security camera on Building #4 caught it all on tape!
See the Eastern Screech-Owl, perched on our camera box, peering directly into the lens. Small and camouflaged, this pint-sized owl is difficult to detect by sight but recognizable by its shrill tremolo. It spends the day roosting, becoming active at night foraging and preying on large insects and small rodents. » Read more
We couldn’t be more pleased to have many of our winter guests spend multiple weeks on the beach with us. Ocean’s Reach is “home” for snowbirds and empty nesters from the Northeast and Midwest escaping the brisk winter months between December and April.
Frequently these guests will drive south with their cars loaded with personal items, beach toys, and even kayaks. They want their crockpot and favorite skillet in the kitchen, » Read more
It’s not a McMansion on the beach; rather it’s the beginning of the new, relocated Doc Ford’s Rum Bar and Grille scheduled to open late this year at the corner of Tarpon Bay Road and Island Inn Road, across the street from Bailey’s.
The new facility will feature more than 200 seats and 100 parking spaces, roughly similar in size to the space the restaurant is currently leasing on Rabbit Road. » Read more
What a great story from our friends at the “Island Reporter”!
When Bob Sabatino moved to Sanibel in 1957, it was a true island.
“When I was on the ferry you only saw the Lighthouse and then way over to the right were two houses,” he said. “One of those two houses was Bailey’s store.”
While Sabatino was in the Coast Guard, » Read more
We know our guests appreciate our island first responders as much as they do the courageous men and women who serve in their hometowns. Here’s a story we wanted to share from “The Island Reporter” in case you would like to help.
Firefighter gets much support after car accident
February 10, 2016
By BRIAN WIERIMA
The firefighters, » Read more
For more information, visit the Sea Turtle Conservancy! » Read more
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