Nov 23, Ft Myers, FL

We moved 35 miles south and east into the Caloosahatchee River to downtown Ft Myers.

Peaceful and quiet near our marina in Boca Grande.

Some interesting homes at Boca Grande.

Beautiful day on the water with no wind and a perfectly flat calm GIWW waterway.

We pick up more dolphin as we cross Pine Island Sound.

KOKOMO II is a magnet for the dolphin.
Several groups came for the 'free ride' today.

The GIWW takes us past Cabbage Key, one of the homes of Jimmy Buffett's 'Cheesburger in Paradise'.

Useppa Island.
Barron Collier's hunting camp, now a very private club.

LADY CHADWICK tour boat leaves Captiva Island.

We turned east and entered the waterway that starts at Ft Myers with the Caloosahatchee River, goes through Lake Okeechobee and enters the St Lucie River ending at Stuart. This waterway is 135 miles from one side of Florida to the other.

Island in the waterway as we leave Pine Island Sound.

Approaching downtown Ft Myers.

Legacy Marina in Ft Myers.

We saw Norm and Jody Powell on THE RIGHT COMBO as we tied up at the dock at Legacy Marina. They have been here replacing a fuel pump and were getting underway at 2pm as we arrived. Their plan is to get to Lake Okeechobee tonight and home to Miami tomorrow. They will be running. We know how they feel. We are also ready to complete our 'loop'.

Phil and Alyson Burnett live in St James City on Pine Island near Ft Myers and join us at Legacy Marina for dinner downtown. Ft Myers has done a great job of redeveloping the downtown area and we have a delightful evening at a sidewalk cafe.

We're pointed east and heading home!