Fog again yesterday morning delayed us going anywhere - so we stayed another day in Ft. Myers Beach. Strange ships were sighted in the harbor including a pirate ship! Steve thought it would look more authentic if they didn't have the phone number hanging on a banner. Nice day, warm and breezy with a full moon again last night. We stayed on a mooring ball last night which worked out fine as we were able to get an early start this morning.
One of the really nice things about our boat is that it draws only 3 1/2 feet of water so the low, low tides due to the full moon don't affect when we come and go. All of the 'ground' in the first picture will be under water in a few hours! The forecast for our 35 miles down the Gulf (first open water since we crossed a couple of weeks ago) was low winds and sun - which is exactly what we had (go figure!). The boat coming out behind us (and quickly leaving us in the dust) was the Jet Express like boat that goes from Ft. Meyers Beach to Key West. Takes about 3 1/2 hours but to drive would take a lot longer than that. You can see how calm the water was for our trip to Naples!
Steve didn't enjoy much of the 4 hour trip though as he spent the time redoing the teak. Too many "oops - I may have brushed the dock" so he wanted to recoat everything - it looks really nice again :-) As we were in the channel going into Naples these trees were filled with so many birds they looked like leaves! Very noisy too.
The river into Naples is lined with gorgeous homes, boats and more homes. Just not sure how there can be so many people with so much money ....
Bikes came off the boat and we rode around the city. Nice place to ride bikes - streets weren't too busy. Many seafood restaurants, spas, jewelry stores and art galleries. All seemed to fit in with the homes and boats. The beach for once had lots of people on it - not too many in the water as it is still only about 63 degrees. Fun pier - the original place the ferry came to when Naples was just getting started. Overall, a nice stop!
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