Ft. Myers

We had a guest ride along with us for a while.

We pulled anchor out of Pelican Bay a little after seven, once we were done with sunrise viewing.  Today was a typical Florida weekend warrior boater kind of day.  No real excitement, just always amazed at how many boats there are near Coral Gables.  We decided they must sell Hurricane brand boats somewhere nearby as that was the majority of them.  There were lots of playful dolphins to watch as we traveled today, but they are always so camera shy.
We traveled 40 miles, partly out of our way, but always worth seeing our friends Bob and Nancy from "The Miss NanSea".  We met them over five years ago now when we started our Great Loop adventure.  Their floating home is docked at Paradise Marina most of the time.  They were actually out of town for the day, so as soon as we were secured in our assigned slip, we walked to the nearest bus stop to catch a ride to downtown Ft. Myers.  We had a nice meal at Ford's Garage.  Our next stop was The Morgan House which has a neat second story terrace overlooking the courtyard.  We were enjoying the lovely evening when Linda recognized someone walk right by our table.  Ray chased them inside after ensuring him it was Mike from "Dual Dreams", probably one of the first boaters we met on our first trip to Marathon.  Ray did not think he was with his wife Harriet though, but I said maybe she got all her hair cut off.  It was them!  We had just mentioned them yesterday in Pelican Bay most recently, but always look for them in Demopolis, Alabama as they were based there for a while.  We moved inside and sat and talked with them for hours.  This boating community is amazingly small and so much fun!