What could be better than to meet with friends at the beginning of a new week and toast friendship and the sunset? Colleen and Mike organized the gathering and of course, Dianne and Bob, and us Yorks were eager to join in. We have met such nice people here in
Cheers to the sunset. May there be another. Cheers to our new friends. We will meet again.
There was a huge art show in the downtown area. I love that there are so many events that take place and that they are right here. This show took up 4 blocks. There was food and music. As we walked in I asked Kelley if he would buy me a piece of kinetic art like he had in Portland, OR many years ago. We love the piece that is in our backyard. It always makes us smile. Being the loving husband that he is, and I am sure feeling safe, Kelley says that if Andrew Carson is here, he will. Now, Andrew Carson is the artist from Washington who makes these fabulous wind driven pieces. As I was sharing with Kelley that Andrew sold many in Florida and claimed that his pieces could withstand hurricane winds….
You guessed it! Kelley says $%?#.
There he is! With new treasures!
I whip out my cell because it has a picture of our/his piece that we have at home. How cool is that!?! And Kelley said he would buy me another one.
Being the thoughtful wife, he is off the hook until this adventure is over. I see one of these HUGE pieces twirling with the wind at Casa Safari, Indian Wells, CA. Don’t you?
There was also ‘Living Art” at the show. The little girl wasn’t real but the lady was.
After the Art Show, we met up with Bill and Jo and they shared information about the Bahamas.
And, of course, tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday. I am having the Barrys over – homemade chili and corn bread! Go Eli Manning!
Smooth boating. We have stablizers and I am loving it, not that being on the ICW is really rough. In fact, it is like driving on a road. You need to make sure that you stay in the channel, watch your speed (manatee zones) and look at the scenery.
We entered San Carlos Bay.
But, as luck would have it, the batteries did not charge. So, after picking up a mooring, we are forced to drop it and head off to Salty Sam’s Marina, which is close by. Frustrating? You bet. But, it is a shake down cruise.
If at a marina…there must be Happy Hour and new friends to meet. Diane and Bob have friends that our living on their boat in the mooring field and so we joined them for drinks and great conversation. Meet Bill and Jo:
And the Fearless Foursome
and a surprise visit from:
We will leave tomorrow and get boat tweaked some more. It has been a great start. We have had so much fun.
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.
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