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My recommendations concern Sanibel / Ft Myers.

Pinnochios is delicious for icecream. We love it!

Gramma Dots has a wonderful grouper sandwich - it's a place that a lot of "locals" go. You can also see all the fancy boats.

The Sanibel Lighthouse is a neat place to check out. The streets around there are also just cool to look at - the flamingo mailboxes crack me up.

Captiva Cruises is WONDERFUL! We went to Sanibel in October and my son was a little older than your son, but he loved the dolphin cruise. It's at 3 PM, I think. They also have a sunset cruise that has a good Jimmy Buffet cover musician who plays while you have cocktails and watch sun set over the Gulf

She Sells Sea Shells is a cool shop to see various sea shells. There is also a sea shell museum. If you are feeling really adventurous, there is a teddy bear museum in Naples that's pretty cool.

The best beach for shelling is at Blind Pass. On the way out there you'll pass Ding Darling Preserve which is a great place to visit to see wildlife. They do canoe tours, or just nature trails.

If you go out to Captiva, I recommend the Mucky Duck.

We also really like the Lighthouse Restaurant & Bar - good view, good food, etc.

CRaVE is also delicious - especially for brunch. It's in this random strip mall.

@LBee: mucky duck was good! but I wish they let you eat dinner outside!

we also liked Pinnochio's for ice cream!

@LBee: ha - awesome! we went for the firs time last year and had a blast! it was the perfect vacation with a 2 year old, and I was pregnant too, and felt i got to relax as well!