Monday March 16, 2015 Marco Island to Fort Myers, Fl.

830 we departed our slip from in from of the Key West Big Cat Ferry and went to get a pump out and top off our fuel tanks. The pump out is free and diesel was $ 3.22 per gallon which is a good price but not as good as when we were here in January $ 2.65 a gal then.

Condos lining the waterfront as we depart Marco Island

 

We departed the marina at 932 and headed for the gulf and Fort Myers. On our way north we noticed a large fire in land and actually had ashes blow on our boat a mile out in the gulf. We heard later on the vhf radio that is was a controlled burn. Pretty big to be a controlled burn but they must know what they our doing.

Para Sail boat passed right in front of us off Naples

 

We passed under the Sanibel Island bridge at 1511 and then headed to the Caloosahatchee River which leads right down thru Fort Myers. It is quite a ways up the river to get to the city center.

1735 we arrived at our anchorage in downtown right before the Edison Bridge behind Lofton Island. There were approx. 10 sail boats and 3 power boats. The water was about 10 feet deep so plenty for us even at low tide. A very restful night. Oh yes, we finally had TV again with our digital antenna. What a treat to watch Castle, even with commercials.