Day 133: Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Port to Port: Fort Myers Beach

Underway: 0:00 am      Motor Off: 0:00 pm      Miles Traveled: 0      Stayed At: Marina

First Things First: First time taking advantage of Taco Tuesday at Yo-Taco (I know, our “firsts” are getting a little desperate); First time biking on the beach.

Mile to Mile: I decided to start the day with a sunrise breakfast 6 stories up at the Lani Kai overlooking the beach on a beautiful sunny day. I wish Cindy could have enjoyed this too – its been cold in Arizona. I am always looking for a good breakfast deal – I have been spoiled by the amazing breakfasts at Al’s Breakfast in Dinkytown by the University of Minnesota where I have been going for more than 35 years (yikes!). Well, this wasn’t as good as that, but the view was hard to beat and the food – 2 eggs, American fries and toast (all for a wallet busting $2.95) – was cooked to perfection. I will be back.

After a relaxing breakfast, I biked down to the new Library to work on the blog and get some other work done. It sure is a lot faster biking than walking around here. And biking along the hard packed sand on the beach is the only way to go – no traffic, great scenery and you don’t have to worry about getting run over at every intersection.

After a long, busy day (I don’t have a clue where all the time went), our new friends on OmarSea (Scott, Jean, Ben, Stephen and Julie) dingied by and reminded me it was Taco Tuesday at Yo Taco – $1 tacos – so we wandered down together and inhaled a bunch of cheap tacos. We took a long walk along the beach as the sun set and it was fun hear about their adventures – they are preparing to leave for the Panama Canal on Sunday (the dad and 3 kids) – its an 8 day passage across the Gulf of Mexico on their 50’ Beneteau sailboat. (And I think my To Do List is long). They are heading to the Galapogos, the south seas and Australia. Wow! They seem so calm.