Summertime Rains in Pelican Bay

Afternoon tropical storms are typical in Naples, Florida during the Summer.  It seems that lately whenever I finally finish with work and head to the beach, the sky opens up, thunder roars and rains pour down.  I thought I'd share a couple of videos of my evening at the Sandpiper beach at Pelican Bay in Naples Florida. 

Wherever you are this evening, I hope you are staying dry! 

Should you be thinking of selling your home in Pelican Bay and would like a candid assessment of what it would take to sell your home in today's market, I would be happy to provide you with a free market evaluation.  Feel free to give me a call at 239-594-2780 or e-mail me at Lynn@NaplesBuys.com.

Would you like to own home in our unique beach community?  Search here, once at the search page, you can search by development, save your search and new listing updates will be e-mailed to you.

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Lynn Wilber is a Real Estate Professional who lives in Pelican Bay.  Her 31 years of real estate experience and her area expertise have been valuable resources for Pelican Bay Sellers and Buyers.  For more information, please contact Lynn Wilber or call 239-594-2780.

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Why would you want to own a home in Pelican Bay?  Is it because Pelican Bay is a unique beach community?  Would the golf course draw you to own here?  Could you picture yourself playing tennis every day?  Are you into fitness?  Maybe the state of the art fitness center at the Pelican Bay Community Center would drawn you here.  In any case, Pelican Bay has some thing for every buyer.

The beach was the big draw for my husband and I.  Every night after work in the summertime, we try to get down to the beach for a quick swim.  Last night the Gulf water temperature was 89 degrees!  Sometimes we bring a change of clothes with us so we can shower and change to enjoy dinner at the Sandpiper Restaurant on the beach in Pelican Bay. 

The sunsets the last few nights have been absolutely breath taking.  My nephew, Anthony, came down from the Gainsville area and managed to take this photo of the sunset on June 11th.  We were having dinner at the Sandpiper Restaurant when he took this shot.  At first we did not think there would be ANY sunset because of the clouds but we were pleasantly surprised.

The photo on the right I snapped with my cell phone camera a few nights earlier.  Every night brings a different type of sunset.  If you are very lucky, you might even see the green flash.  Does the green flash exist?  Yes, it does!  There are very rare yet I have managed to see at least five of them in the 13 years we have lived in Pelican Bay.

You may be viewing these photos thinking you'd like to live in Pelican Bay.  Today's market offers a wide selection of properties in all price ranges in Pelican Bay.  Summertime is a great time to buy as there is less competition for well priced properties.  Now is a great time to buy in Pelican Bay! 

Should you be thinking of selling your home in Pelican Bay and would like a candid assessment of what it would take to sell your home in today's market, I would be happy to provide you with a free market evaluation.  Feel free to give me a call at 239-594-2780 or e-mail me at Lynn@NaplesBuys.com.

Would you like to own home in our unique beach community?  Search here, once at the search page, you can search by development, save your search and new listing updates will be e-mailed to you.

Care to share a comment about living in Pelican Bay with us?  Just click on the Add Comment link at the bottom of this blog entry.  Comments are always welcome. 

About the author:

Lynn Wilber is a Real Estate Professional who lives in Pelican Bay.  Her 31 years of real estate experience and her area expertise have been valuable resources for Pelican Bay Sellers and Buyers.  For more information, please contact Lynn Wilber or call 239-594-2780.

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If you have not had a chance to come to Pelican Bay recently, I thought you might enjoy seeing the Sandpiper Beach in Pelican Bay!  I took this last night just after the much need rains and right before sunset. 

Should you be thinking of selling your home in Pelican Bay and would like a candid assessment of what it would take to sell your home in today's market, I would be happy to provide you with a free market evaluation.  Feel free to give me a call at 239-594-2780 or e-mail me at Lynn@NaplesBuys.com.

Looking for a home in our unique beach community?  Search here, once at the search page, you can search by development, save your search and new listing updates will be e-mailed to you.

Care to share a comment with us?  Just click on the Add Comment link at the bottom of this blog entry.  Comments are always welcome.

About the author:

Lynn Wilber is a Real Estate Professional who lives in Pelican Bay.  Her 31 years of real estate experience and her area expertise have been valuable resources for Pelican Bay Sellers and Buyers.  For more information, please contact Lynn Wilber or call 239-594-2780.

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Beach in Pelican Bay the Day After Hurricane Gustav

The day after Hurricane Gustav passed by in the Gulf of Mexico, my subdivision in Pelican Bay, L'Ambiance, experienced three HUGE power surges in rapid succession.  Both my husband and I were working on our computers at the time and even though we have surge protectors and I have a battery back up, the power supply on my computer was fried.  The good news is that I religiously back up my computer.  The bad news is I am waiting for my ordered power supply to arrive.  I feel as if I am on a forced vacation.

Since we were without power, my husband and I decided to go down to the Sandpiper beach in Pelican Bay to enjoy the waves.  It turns out we were only without power for a little over an hour.  Imagine our surprise when we discovered that the high tide had come in and there was practically NO beach.  The water was up to the stairs!  Talk about water front dining!    These photos will give you an idea of how the beach looked.

While the waves might not look like much in these photos, you had to be there to hear them crash into the shore.

My darling husband who swims in the Gulf almost every day was torn trying to decide if he should go into the water.  As you can see from these photos there was NO ONE swimming at the time we were at the beach.

In the end, Don did not have to decide, our friend Demos, a retired Merchant Marine ship's captain, advised against swimming.  I seconded Demos' advice.

Two days after Gustav, the beach was getting back to normal.

There were large swells in the Gulf two days after Gustav, which many Pelican Bay residents, including my husband and I enjoyed.

For those of you who have been reading my blog, I want you to know that I recently updated the program to search for a home in Naples, if you click on the link SEARCH FOR A PELICAN BAY HOME on the left hand side of this page, you will be taken to a window where you can enter specific search criteria to look for your Naples home.  You can even save your searches and/or ask to have new listings e-mailed to you.  I hope you find this link useful.  I welcome any feedback you have on this new program.

With Hanna, Ike and Josephine out in the Gulf, I will try to keep you updated with what effect these storms may have on Pelican Bay.