Pelican Bay, FL to Fort Myers Beach, FL

Nov. 27 – Dec. 3

We stayed 5 days in Pelican Bay, where we had wind, rain, wind, sun, (did I mention there was wind). We were tucked into a small cove with mangroves all around us so we had great protection from the wind that was blowing. We shared this anchorage with Jim & Sharon Angel (aboard Blue Angel) along with a great Thanksgiving meal. Instead of turkey we had chicken plus all the sides. (potatoes, stuffing, beans, & cranberry sauce). We couldn’t decide on which pie to have for desert (key lime or pumpkin) so we made both.

Bailing out 6” of water after storm.

Walking on the beach.

 

Dessert anyone?

 

After a one night stop in Cape Coral, (the marina there has the cheapest fuel in the area) we moved on to Fort Myers Beach. We tied to a mooring ball and will spend the next 2 weeks here. Our first day here was not a good one. We were having trouble with our dinghy motor and it wouldn’t start, (not so fun being on a mooring ball and not being able to get to shore). Our microwave has been acting up so we hopped on a water taxi, met some friends that live near here and dropped it off to get fixed. Then last but not least by any means, the solenoid in our generator decided not to engage. That is a major problem because the generator is used to recharge the batteries. Everything on the boat runs off the batteries when we are not hooked up to shore power. Thank goodness for the solar panels! Between them and turning on the engines they gave us enough power so we could at least keep the refrigerator running and charge the batteries till we could get a replacement part overnighted to us the next day. To be continued: next blog update.

 

Boat traffic near Cape Coral, FL. Boat house on the left is a bait shop.

 

Fort Myers Beach, FL.

 

Mooring field, Fort Myers Beach, FL.

Randy and Terry (friend from MI. down here with their boat),

reading the manuals for the generator to figure out how to fix it.

Palm tree with poinsettias.