Tonight's anchorage is near the Cayo Casta State Park. Beautiful place - well protected and very quiet.
Lots of other boats around but we went around the corner from the park docks where not very many other boats come.
A bit shallow but then we only draw a bit :-)
We left Marco Island yesterday for the 40 mile run outside on the gulf - destination Ft. Myers Beach.
The water was a little rough but settled down after an hour or so. The high rises along the shores of Marco continued for a good part of the coast up to Ft. Myers.
Some portions of the coast are still covered in mangroves - which I would assume are probably protected at this point.
Still no shortage of high rises along this coast though.

The pull behind a boat rides seemed to be particularly popular. Looks like fun, right? Unless of course you don't like heights :-)

There was a nice public park at the north end of the island. Steve walked to the beach part - I stood guard over the bikes .....
Of course there is a pirate boat ride. Hey - looks like fun and it's a nice way to get on the water if you don't have your own boat, right?

Best score at the marina was the HUGE selection of books. It was a very nice lounge with a giant tv, microwave, coffemaker etc but it was the books for me.
I was out so time to trade in the ones I'd read for a new batch. One of these days maybe I'll get an electronic reader but there is something about having a book physically in my hand that I'm not really ready to let go of yet. Just chalk it up to age .....

The waterways were like a freeway today - crazy busy.
It's nice to be in and anchored for the night ......
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