Day 158: Saturday, February 9, 2013

Port to Port: Fort Myers Beach

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

Mile to Mile: We have visitors coming today so it’s time to clean. We cleaned the boat yesterday – today we need clean laundry and clean people. Cindy gets annoyed with me but I like to get these things done as early as possible so I was up, showered, with the laundry done and the blog updated to yesterday before 9 am. There is no line for the showers and the laundry is empty and quiet at this time of the morning making it a lot more efficient getting things done. It’s always a nice feeling when everything is done and we can play the rest of the day.

Our friends from  Florida, Cliff and Caroline, drove down from Sarasota to explore Fort Myers Beach. They have sold their house in Minnesota and are moving to Florida permanently – one of those exciting and stressful life transitions. We decided to make lunch on the boat – lots cheaper and more fun to hang out and relax on the boat than eating out all the time. We enjoyed BBQ chicken sandwiches, baked beans chips and a fruit plate while sipping vodka lemonade slushy’s and listening to the live music from Nervous Nellies. Remember, we are “roughing” it.

We took Bosun, their cute furry white Coton de Tulear, for a walk along the beach and sat and enjoyed another amazing sunset sitting in the sand sharing stories. The long walk made us thirsty so we returned to Aurora and sat and finished off a large bottle of wine (much better to share than drink by ourselves) and wandered up to Nervous Nellies to get an couple of appetizers and cap a wonderful visit with a toast. We are already looking forward to visiting them again in a couple of weeks in Fort Myers. It’s weird to think they are going to be permanent Florida residents now.