Day 115: Friday, December 28, 2012
Port to Port: Fort Myers Beach
Underway: 0:00 am Motor Off: 0:00 pm Miles Traveled: 0 Stayed At: Marina
First Things First: Found some ocean sponges on the beach
Mile to Mile: We started the day with a party – an abelskiver party again. This time just for us and the kids. What a nice treat – and we made them in a real kitchen at the girls’ house. And we even had a few left over for snacking on later.
We have a car again today but getting it proved to be a frustrating experience. We had a “reservation” at Enterprise for 10 am so I walked 2+ miles to their office nearby to pick up our car only to find that they didn’t have any cars and we would be number 10 or 12 on their waiting list. Not welcome news. Have you heard of making a phone call? We had plans that depended on having a car today so this was incredibly annoying to say the least. Not much you can do though – there aren’t any other choices nearby. They did drive me to the grocery store to get a few things and dropped me off at the marina so at least I didn’t have to walk home. They will call later when a car is ready and pick us up. Not a great way to run a business though.
After an amazing breakfast, cleaning up our mess and a long walk around the north end of Fort Myers Beach we finally got a call that a car was ready. Four plus hours after our scheduled reservation, after we sat waiting for them for almost an hour, someone finally arrived to pick us up. We finally got a car – not particularly clean but it had four wheels and an engine – and we drove towards Sanibel where the girls wanted to explore the beach some more and check on the shopping. After our exhaustive explorations, we stopped at Doc Fords Rum Bar and Grill on Sanibel Island for a snack and drinks and took a leisurely drive back to Fort Myers Beach.
We dropped the girls off at their house and went back to the boat to get the parts for grilling hamburgers and making margaritas. After dinner, we watched another Netflix movie and returned to Aurora tired but happy for another great day with our girls. We are incredibly lucky to be doing what we are doing right now.
