Day 98, Ft Myers Beach

All images of walking around Ft Myers Beach on Saturday afternoon.








We arrived at Moss Marina in Ft Myers Beach on Thursday afternoon. We had a heavy rain after midnight and continued through Friday morning. However it cleared off around noon so we walked to Matanzas restaurant for a great lunch. Awesome key line pie! We explored Estero Blvd by bicycles and Tom found an ice cream store. We found the IGA grocery store for a few provisioning. We also found the “Flying Fish Trading Company” introduced to us by Jane Casanova. You are not going to believe this, while we were in the store, Luke called on the cell phone. Is that ironic or what? Anyway, great store, nice conversation with the owner and a great conversation with Luke. Luke and Jane will be here in Ft Myers for a few weeks starting the last week in December. We look forward to seeing them.

Tom quickly made contact with Felix Marine Service to take a look at the failed Norcold Refrigerator as well as poor performance the bridge VHF radio. The mechanic showed up as promised, on time, Sat morning. The analysis is good news and bad news. The good news is the VHF radio problem can be solved with a new antenna. The bad news is the old refrigerator has seen it better days. It will be have to be replaced immediately. However with the holidays, that may not be real quick.

After meeting with the Felix Marine Tech we completed a few chores and continued our exploration of Ft Myers Beach. Turned out to be a very nice day, had lunch at an open air café, took the shuttle bus to Ft Myers, and back to Ft Myers Beach, walked the City Pier, listened to live steel band music and headed back to the boat about dark. We talked about going out to dinner, however after returning to the boat it always seems so easy to get into sweats, relax, watch TV and dine on board. This pause in travel has been very relaxing and we are enjoying it very much. Not to mention an opportunity to complete some repairs, after being on the go constantly for 98 days.

A few statistics for the statisticians:

Days since departure 98 Days, Days Traveling 48 Days
Miles traveled – 2,248, Fuel Consumed 898 Gal
Avg Cost of Diesel $2.73, Total MPG Avg 2.5 MPG (Statute Miles)
Nights at Anchor 10 Nights, Nights in Marina 88 Nights