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Dear
Blogwatchers,
HELLO!!!! We are at Cayo Costa Island. It is a state park near where Geoff and I “got
started”. I have to say I lured him into
my clutches. It was either me or some
girl from Michigan. I knew he liked
bikes and boats so I thought …"what about a trip to Florida to bike and end up
at my friend Vance’s who had a sailboat!! "
I, of course, disliked the biking part (didn’t have my electric assist
then!) but my plan worked….oh yeah, and the gin and tonics!!! So tonight I have given my fella some more
gin and tonics. We are in Pelican Bay
and I think we just heard a manatee.
There is no wind and no bugs on the boat. We got back from a beautiful walk on the Gulf
side at the park, watched the sunset and the moonrise then showered off the
back of the boat, even with warm water, while Geoff cooked supper and I watched
the stars. So beautiful. Can’t beat this.
Okay,
so the hard part…our depth sounder isn’t working.
Yesterday
I thought I was Miss Navigation Extraordinaire until Geoff pointed out that I
was out of the designated channel.
Pissed me off (sorry Mom) then burst my bubble and made me sad to think
that my skills weren’t perfect after a day on the ICW. Still lots to learn and without a depth
sounder it makes it all the more nerve-racking.
We
stayed at Cayo Costa another night and got up early to go hunt for manatee. No
luck there but we saw eagles and osprey and hiked about four miles on the
island and DID NOT run into a feral pig or alligator. Yes, they have them there.
Tonight
we are in Fort Meyers. Just walked a bit
downtown, had a tasty BBQ dinner and tomorrow will visit with Rita and Bob, my
friends from 1974!!! We are on the Caloosahatchee River, headed toward Lake
Okeechobee..