On to Cayo Costa and anchoring in Pelican Bay. This boat has never been on its anchor. A first, and those of you that know me, know that I am not thrilled at the idea of anchoring. But, this is Florida. Land of a lot of water that is spread very thinly around the state. Below our boat there is 5 feet of water! You can almost see the anchor!

We jumped in our dinghy and took off for a little island to look around.

I couldn’t believe what we found:

Yes, not one, but 2 tortoises! Go figure!

The next morning we took our dinghy over to the park for a walk to the Gulf side.

The walk is short and the beach is huge. We went shelling for a bit. But, it is a good thing we are having a shake down cruise and that we have understanding friends

because we need to go and charge up our batteries. We found out last night that our generator isn’t working. But, another adventure awaits at Fort Myers Beach. The batteries will charge as we run….we hope.

We had planned to leave earlier, but the weather would not cooperate. So, Kelley remade the reservations; the Barrys made their reservations. Tween Waters Marina, here we come. Our first cruise!

We have all of the essentials: charts, magnifying glass, and Pirate Fargle!

The trip was made exciting with the GPS going out all of the time. But we arrived!

Toasted a successful landing!

And enjoyed walks,

a cocktail party with our friends and the owner of Tween Waters,

and it was time to leave Captiva Island after two terrific days!

But note the happy captain:

On to Cayo Costa and pelican Bay.