Today's open house at 400 Lambiance Cir #202 was pretty steady.  99% of the people coming through were working with a Realtor or have been looking at real estate in Pelican Bay for years.  I did meet a nice couple from Chicago land.  They had never seen Pelican Bay before and I enjoyed showing them the amenities that Pelican Bay has to offer.

Speaking of amenities.......yesterday my husband and I headed down to the Sandpiper Restaurant at the beach in Pelican Bay for a late lunch.  We just made it to the restaurant before they stopped serving.  It was a crystal clear day.

As we were eating our lunch, we spotted FOUR manatees out in the Gulf.  I wish I had a better camera with me than my cell phone. That would have made a great photo!

After lunch, the Gulf water was actually warm enough for us thin skinned Floridians to go in for a swim.  The photo below was taken with my cell phone but you can see how clear the water was yesterday.

As I sat in my open house today, my first question to all the people who came through was, "Are you familiar with Pelican Bay?"  Unless someone is familiar with all Pelican Bay has to offer, they may have a hard time justifying the prices of real estate.

Naples has many beautiful places to live.  If you are a "beach" person, you many want to consider the community of Pelican Bay.

The Pelican Bay Foundation has recently sent out a survey to randomly selected property owners.  This survey asks questions on how owners use the amenities in Pelican Bay, how often they use these amenities, and which amenities they feel are most important to them.  It is a detailed survey that will take you a bit of time to fill out.  When you recieve this survery, please try to take the time to express your opinion.  It is important the Foundation understands how the amenities are being used and which amenities are important to our home owners.

Our Gulf water temperatures are finally starting to warm up.  Once the water finally hits 82 degrees, you will find me enjoying the water.  Living here full time has spoiled me.  I actually love the Gulf in the summer time!  There is nothing like taking a dip in the warm Gulf waters after a long day of showing houses.  Forget the saying "Calgon take me away"!  I like the saying "De-stress at the beach in Pelican Bay"!

Pelican Bay will be having it's annual meeting on April 7th, 2008 at 10:00 AM in the Community Center in Pelican Bay at 8960 Hammock Oak.  All Pelican Bay owners are encouraged to attend this meeting.

Recently an e-mail was sent from the Pelican Bay Foundation announcing the results of the vote for the new leadership of the Foundation.  This e-mail was sent in error.  According to the Foundation the new board members will be announced at the meeting on April 7th.  Apparently there was an error in the vote count.

Have you signed up to receive e-mail from the Foundation?  If you are not in residence year round, you may want to do so.  You can register your e-mail address by signing into www.PelcianBay.org  If you are confused as to how to register, owners can call the Foundation at 239-596-6180 the Foundation will walk you through the process.

Some of our Pelican Bay residents may be aware that our Collier County Commissioners are trying to build a pier at the Vanderbilt Beach access.  People have asked me my opinion is of the Vanderbilt Pier project.  I have to say that I am not in favor of building this Pier.  My main reason for being against it is that we already have parking problems in that area.  Where do the commissioners think people are going to park?  I would encourage you to e-mail everyone on the Board of Collier County Commissioners your opposition to this project.

Sunsets are occurring around 7:45 PM now.  There is not much that beats a sunset at the Sandpiper or Sandbar restaurants.