This is gonna be a short post tonight...a quick recap and some pics.
We got up at dawn, and left Ft Myers by 7am this morning, in order to make the 70 mile trek that we wanted to accomplish. When we left, we simply turned right on the Okeechobee Waterway, and kept driving east...traversing 3 locks, and having 2 bridges opened for us. It was a picture perfect day, and we made good time, arriving at our marina before 5pm. A long day, but it stages us perfectly to cross Lake Okeechobee in the morning and heading for our destination in Stuart sometime late tomorrow afternoon. We needed to finesse our timing with a good weather window for tomorrow, as the lake can get rough pretty quickly if it gets breezy. And as we pen this entry, the wind tomorrow is still forecasted to be very light, so we should be in great shape.
Saturday night, our final night in Ft Myers, found us stumbling into a classic car show in the downtown area right near the marina. It was a bit windy and chilly, but the enthusiasts were out in good numbers. We were a bit late to the party, as some cars had already departed, but there were still plenty to see.
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| Earlier in the day, it was literally gale force winds at the marina. Not a day that anyone would want to be on the water. |
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| But we were tucked into a nice safe and relatively quiet spot. |
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| Not a great shot, but one view of the street scene with the car show. For Carl...that's a '63 in the foreground...it was in mint condition. |
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| This was our personal favorite! |
Not many shots of our journey today...we just didn't have the camera in action...it happens some days. Here is a rather representative shot of what about 1/2 of our journey looked like today.
All for now...more soon...
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