Another warm sunny day today. Nice to have a few consecutive days of nice weather. Nancy and I went to the service at the First Presbyterian Church this morning, about a 10 minute walk from the marina. Big church (in my view), very friendly people. Thi…
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Legacy Harbor Marina, Fort Myers, Florida
Beautiful day today. sun was shining and it was warm enough for shorts – what a treat! Did boat chores this morning, then walked the docks looking at some of the boats here – WOW!. Visited with Double Trouble X4, they are getting the boat ready to sell…
Legacy Harbor Marina, Fort Myers, Florida
A Banyon tree in the park here in Fort MyersWe have arrived at Fort Myers. It was under 30 miles from South Seas Resort Marina to here, so Nancy and I took the time to walk out to the beach before we left this morning. Beautiful beach, seems to go on f…
South Seas Marina Resort, Captiva Island, Florida
We had a good day to travel today after the winds of the past couple of days. Cool but sunny. Travelled along the intra coastal waterway south from Venice through Lemon Bay, Gasparilla Sound and Charlotte Harbor, arriving at Captiva Island. We spe…
Crow’s Nest Marina, Venice, Florida
Windy all night last night. We were quite comfortable on our boat, but some of the other boats really rocked and rolled. Got some laundry done this morning, then Wayne and I walked uptown to get some groceries. It was 2.4 miles to the store, so we…
Crow’s Nest Marina, Venice, Florida
The men re-doing ropes and fenders on Dream Fever.Got up this morning to a stiff breeze, but sunny and warm. The marina has courtesy bicycles, so we borrowed them and went touring in Venice. Seems like a nice town with a lot of seasonal rent houses, ap…
Crow’s Nest Marina, Venice, Florida
Looked like this houseboat had just sunkThese men are putting down crab potsWe have moved on, after sitting for over a month in Bradenton. We loved Bradenton, could easily have stayed longer, but there are other places to see and things to do. We left …
Twin Dolphin Marina, Bradenton, Florida
Just after I made the blog entry last night, a lady from a neighbouring boat came by with wonderful home-baked cookies, just to say welcome to the dock. She said she normally does this, but we arrived, then immediately left to go home, then came back a…
Twin Dolphin Marina, Bradenton, Florida
We woke up to some wind and clouds this morning, a little cooler than yesterday. Nancy and I walked up to the Farmer’s Market all along the main street in Bradenton, lots of nice vegetables, some fruit, fresh bread, some crafts. Another boater (Karen f…
Twin Dolphin Marina, Bradenton, Florida
We are back in Twin Dolphin Marina. We spent the morning puttting the boat back together; everything had been taken apart for the mechanics to do their thing, especially cleaning the fuel. Once back together, decided to return to Twin Dolphin Marina, j…
