Evening star., 1937-01-29

were available for each individual
parking lot. Some old residenters
had handicapped their front yards.
canopied their entrance and suspended
flower boxes from their trailer win.
dows. But for the most part trailer
city looks like a huge herd Of blue.
pink and green elephants lying down,
closely packed, and gives the sugges-
tion that they might get up and
stampede at any moment. The larg-
est and best equipped trailer camps
hundred trailers and cars, and to
get into them requires advance reser-
vation. There will be many more
trailer camps in Florida in the near
future, but it is doubtful If they will
soon catch up to the swelling demand.
The end Of our days run was Fort
Myers, and while We had passed many
Of the best camps in Florids during
the days drive theE was none in
Fort Myers. A well-furnished trailer
camp was reported to be under con-
struction 3 miles out Of town, but
we did not see 1t. Our schedule called
for an early start in the morning to
catch the first ferry 20 miles out Of
Fort Myers at Punta Rassa. So again
we forsook the much more comfort
able quarters Of our trailer, parked it
in . garage and went to hotel for
the night.
The Last Lap.
l:30 pm. Here ends the cruise OF
the Bouncing Betsy. She is drawn up
on the small picturesque island Of
Captiva with the windows on one side
looking out on the blue waters Of the
Gulf Of Mexico and the view from
the other side Is through tropical
vegetation so yards to the calm waters
OF the bay which separates us by
couple OF miles from the mainland
There are no telephones and the mail
boat comes once q day when 1t runs
and drops us the four r-day-old news
papers from New York and home.
Who cares? This Is no ordinary tour
ist resort. There is not q dance floor
on the island and no ravcous jazz
music browns out the soft singing Of
the breezes through the coconut
palms at night. Fifteen miles from
the ferry landing across Sanibel Island,
over a one-way bridge and down q
winding white shell road stands
Tween Waters Inn. 1t is modest
little establishment with dining room
and i've cottages, clean as a pin and
pretty as q morning in June. We are
pulled up inconspicuously nearby,
where We can run in for the very
excellent meals-just like you would
have at home. without the OCCASION
ally bad coffee and tough lamb chops.
Tween Waters Occupants.
Tween Waters is owned and man
aged by q prince and his charming
consort who has q rare genius for nne
navoring of hospitality as we'll as
food We do not dress for dinner and
the fishing Is marvellous. hope no
one else ever finds it-least Of all the
trailer multitude. To invade this
sanctuary of nature with q trailer
colony would be as out Of place as
taking a hurdy-gurdy to prayer meet
ing. Every day the pelicans and por-
poises come over to play with US along
a mile-long sandy beach. Pretty soft
for porpoises and pelicans-all they
have to do all day Is just roll in the
blue waters of the gulf and dive for
fish. Gee, ! wish I didn't have to
work.
P.S. The trailer Is the perfect an
swer to the universal problem Of the
back-seat driver il you work it right
and make all the passengers ride back
in the caboose. We lost old Bron-
chits somewhere between Jackson,
Miss, and Florida. Hadn't missed
him until just now.
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