It is hard to believe that it has been over two weeks since we crossed the Gulf but time flies when you are in a great place like Florida in December. The weather has been just fantastic in Southwest Florida and I hope it continues. We left Sanibel Marina after one nights stay and headed to Legacy Harbour Marina in downtown Fort Myers. The marina is about 10 miles up the Okeechobee Waterway on the Caloosahatchee River. Fort Myers is across the Intracoastal from Cape Coral. The marina is fantastic. It has floating docks, pump outs at the dock, close to downtown and a great staff. We are on "A" dock which is not the typical transient dock but it is the best because there is nothing between our boat and the sunsets each night.
We have been quite busy since we docked. One of our travel boats the "FREE TO B" is here but unfortunately Sid and Evelyn on "Something Special" had to go to another marina because they needed work done to their boat. They did rent a car and visited us so that was nice. My friends from Columbus are here and we played golf one day. A couple from our home yacht club have a very nice condominium in Fort Myers and they showed us around one day (and had graet hamburgers at Red Rock - 27 different hamburgers to chooses from:). We hope to see them again next week for dinner. My cousin lives in North Fort Myers and he visited us and also lent us his car for a few days so we can run some errands and do a little sightseeing. And best of all, our daughter and my sister have come for a long weekend visit which has really picked up our spirits about not being home for Christmas. There was a Christmas pot luck Thursday night at the marina and we met several people that are here on their boats. About 1/2 of the boaters are going home for the Holidays so there will be fewer people but we will make due. We are going to visit the Edison/Ford homes today and then get ready for another glorious sunset.
The entrance to Sanibel Marina
The Sanibel Causeway
A boat funeral on our way to Fort Myers
One of the several bridges across the river on the way to Fort Myers
High Rise condos at the marina
Like I said, nothing between the boat and the sunset except water
Ginny and me with Bill and Susie from our yacht club
I promise, no more sunset pictures :-)
Cousin Dave and my sister Cherie on a hog
Some of the great staff at Legacy Harbour
Cherie and Stephanie or as Ginny calls her our "Baby Girl"
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