Day 185: Friday, March 8, 2013

Port to Port: Fort Myers, Florida

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

Mile to Mile: After a (hopefully) last morning at the library on a sunny beautiful day, Cindy and I took the bus down 41 – the Tamiami Trail – to Mel’s Diner for one more lunch and margarita combo. The meals are reasonably priced and the margaritas are the best of the trip so far. Its worth the bus ride. Its lucky the marina is in the old historic part of Fort Myers – I would be hard pressed to find interesting things to take pictures of in the “modern” strip mall sections of the city.

One thing we have noticed in our many miles of walking around the city is the number of law offices and bail bond places. This is the county seat for Lee County and the courthouse is here but it still is surprising. It at least keeps a lot of historic store front offices rented and well maintained.

We spent a little time gathering a small pile of items to send home – we are almost done purging junk now – there isn’t much else to get rid of that isn’t useful in some way. Our waterline is still just below the water but at least we get to see it occasionally now.

We closed out the evening with a Netflix movie and are looking forward to our last day in Fort Myers before heading east for the Atlantic Ocean. New adventures await.