Thursday, April 3, 2014

Arrived Marco Island April 2

When we tried to leave Estero the wind suddenly picked up, so we turned back and stayed 2 more days waiting for the weather to calm down.  The next day, our water pump broke.  By some crazy miracle, the other Mainship at the marina (John and Barbara from Texas) had an extra water pump that they kindly gave us.  John - aka Captain Handy - replaced it.  Then we were on our way to Naples. 
Egret eating a shrimp



Captain Handy in the engine room replacing the water pump



Rick and Sue on Moonshine. We met them in Zihuatenajo 3 years ago.


Naples appears to be the Beverly Hills of SW Florida, if Beverly Hills had lots and lots of canals.  These are houses - not hotels......




 
We stayed at the Naples Boat Club which was made up of mega-yachts.  We liked the name of this 100' yacht. 
 
This is for my cat-crazy niece Alison.  This Persian Cat was in a store called
"The Wind in the Willows".  It was shaved to look like a little lion or poodle or who-knows-what. This is a real cat!  
  


 
Some years ago we spent Christmas with Augie Palma's family in Miami.  His grandparents kindly gave us gift certificates to the Bonefish Grill.  We FINALLY FOUND ONE in Naples.  We took a water shuttle to get there. The driver sold beer and wine out of an ice chest.  It was really fun!  Thank you again Mr. and Mrs. Palma! 
  



 
 
 


We are now at the Yacht Club of Marco Island through tomorrow.  We rode our bikes to the Snook Inn for lunch.  John had the Gator Sliders.  I had the blackened tuna sandwich. 
 
 
 
Then we rode to Tiger Tail State Park.  http://www.marco-island-florida.com/beach.htm     
 
 

There is a lagoon there that you can walk through to get to the beach on the Gulf of Mexico - it's the short cut to the beach. 


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