Day 141: Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Port to Port: Fort Myers Beach

Underway: 0:00 am      Motor Off: 0:00 pm      Miles Traveled: 0      Stayed At: Marina

Mile to Mile: It was hard to get moving this morning – listening to the wind whistle through the halyards on the bigger sailboats makes it sound a lot worse than it usually is outside. It was cool (50’s) and windy this morning but thankfully the wind was blowing the short way across the channel causing very little chop and the sun was shining. Once we got moving around a little, our bodies warmed up quickly.

For some reason, I was motivated to clean the boat this morning – its not as grungy as last time but I want to stay ahead of the game and keep the decks clean and organized. (It also might have something to do with the fact that our friends on Spiritus are going to stop in Fort Myers Beach for a few days later this week and we wouldn’t want to look like some of the boats around here). It sure is satisfying having the boat bright and shiny again.

After cleaning the boat, I mounted some new solar lights on the stern arch – the old ones still worked but don’t last all night – hopefully bigger lights with bigger solar panels will last longer. (They cost a whole $2.97 each at Walmart– basically the same lights at West Marine cost over $20. And I didn’t have to run any wires – Yaaaa).

We officially signed up for another month at Matanzas – the price is right and we really enjoy our walks on the beach everyday. We have lots more exploring to do in the area too.

After our morning projects we took a long walk along the beach and stopped at the library on the way back to the boat to get some CD’s and movies. The view of the bay from the upper floors is amazing – there can’t be many libraries like this in the country.