Day #131 - Ft. Myers, FL
December 9th, 2008Another beautiful, warm day in Ft. Myers. Andy spent the morning cleaning the outside of the boat, I cleaned the inside. Good to get all of that done. Did that and still had time to leave for lunch at 11:30 for Marker 34, a restaurant in N. Ft. Myers.
Bob and Deb launched their dinghy and took us over there for a wonderful ride. We snaked through channels and finally made our way back to their dock. It is really tucked back in the inlets and was great fun exploring.
Tied up at the dock and went inside for lunch. They had four items on their menu…hamburgers, hot dogs, pulled pork sandwich and soup/salad. Lunch was quite good and the atmosphere was terrific. Finished lunch and made our way back. The wind had changed direction a bit and Captain Bob took a leisurely approach to getting us back.
Came close to shore and the Ft. Myers Municipal Marina where Sir Winston is docked. Story has it that the owner and his wife are aboard and this is one of the boats that his company has manufactured. The others are entertainment boats, dinner cruises, etc. but they chose to keep one to live on. Quite a site and make the other boats in the marina look tiny.
We can’t quite figure out why this guy needs all of these dock lines, but we are quite sure that he doesn’t leave the dock too often.
Deb and I went for a walk and five minutes into it we ran in to Paul and Vickie who were in Ft. Myers from Cape Coral. They came back to the boat a bit, we caught up and then they went back into town to go on the historical Christmas house tour. Nice to see them again and a pleasant surprise.
And now the sun is setting on another fantastic day on the water.
