Ray's sick

Yesterday was a weird day.  It was foggy over the Fort Myers Beach area until after 1:00 p.m.  It made for an eerie dinghy ride to Snook Bite for easy access to Publix.  After an evening of all catching up and gathering with some of the Sombrero Dockside gang, Ray retired early feeling a sore throat coming on.  By the time I got a ride back with Bill and Patty and asked how he was doing, I got a pitiful reply of "I'm sick".
Not feeling well, he got up at 5:00 a.m. after a restless night.  I waited until it started getting light out. At that time we hoisted the dinghy and engine back up in it's old fashioned way again.  That made for a 7:45 a.m. departure, just about the time the sun fully peaked it's head above the mangroves.  We waved our good-byes to friends.
Thankfully it was a fairly uneventful day with Ray usually laying behind the helm chair feeling pretty miserable.  Pine Island Sound was quite busy for the middle of the week, with one jerk plowing water so bad, I literally thought the sailboat he overtook was going to capsize, and he broke the lid to my sun tea jar.  That pissed me off.
He who never likes soup liked the suggestion of having some for lunch and dinner.  I made French Onion for lunch.  That was about the only driving he did today.
We stopped after 42 miles of travel, just north of the new Boca Grande swing bridge which now has about 22 feet of vertical clearance compared to the old 9 feet.  Therefore we no longer need it opened. Our planned destination for today was one of the anchorages we usually stop at near Don Pedro State Park.  I had thought about going farther since Ray was sick anyway, but he was ready to shut off the busy VHF radio and get out of the never ending wakes for the day.  It looked like that might have been a good decision anyway as we could see fog up ahead.  For the remainder of the afternoon, Ray rested some more while I read a book.  It was nice that it did not get too hot because of that low ceiling of clouds and fog that lingered.  Right at sun down the fog got quite a bit thicker, although as I write this now it has cleared up.  We'll see what tomorrow brings.  We just enjoyed some Chicken Noodle Soup for dinner.  Again glad it wasn't all that hot outside.