+2 salt rock and middle grounds for food.

Tarpin point grill..good food

DT sarasota off of main st theirs a bar called
gators,,always a live band their as well,,the place rocks on the weekends..their are a few more but i forget them but are in the area,,

You will see that 90% of the woman in saarasota have bolt onn's..

their is the Ringling museum off 41 and 301

siesta key beach is a must see,the sand is like cooking flower..
me personally,i dont like all the noise at the beack from the people kicking sand all over you,,i like to relax so i go to this little beach on shell road,,cool little place that also has shaded rubber trees that you can get out of the sun and just enjoy the scenery..http://www.bing.com/maps/default.asp...en&FORM=HDRSC4

if you like to explore like me and just drive around and find cool places then you will want to go the back way to anna marie island,,you wont be dissa pointed,,some nice beaches along golf of mexico drive..as you can see in the map if dead ends at anna marie island..its like a time warp,put you back into old fasion florida kinda in a way..not all flashy..
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.asp...en&FORM=HDRSC4
Before ft meyers you can also check out venice beach,,sane is blackish their..all the sharks go their to shed their teeth and if you look in the sand you can find the teeth,,i reccoment that you stop at sharky's to get some chow and take a walk on the pien out into the gulf..on the rite day the water is really cool..
http://sharkysonthepier.com/photos.html

thanks everyone for the great info, we have a few places to check out now mr fixx thanks a lot for the map links, I will use them! leaving Detroit 6:30 pm fri can't wait to get out of here, I (like everyone else in the north) am so ready for spring and boats!

Btw theirs 2 shell roads,one dead ends into a house the other dead ends at lido key which is acrocc from where the beach is..

thanks, we will be checking it out for sure.