Day 150: Friday, February 1, 2013
Port to Port: Fort Myers Beach
Underway: 0:00 am Motor Off: 0:00 pm Miles Traveled: 0 Stayed At: Marina
First Things First: First time having a beer at a movie theatre.
Mile to Mile: After a quieter than expected night (the wind shifted a little more to the west which is more protected) we walked to the library to help move books from their storage facility to the new library. They called me earlier this week to see if we could help out this morning. You know you’ve been somewhere a while when people are calling you to volunteer. Lots of people showed up so the task went very fast and were done by a little after 11 am – plenty of time to hope a trolley down to the Beach Theatre to see Lincoln. Example number 42 of how small a world it is – one of the couples waiting for the bus across from the library have grandkids who play hockey at Mound Westonka and live in Minnetrista – what are the odds.
Lincoln was a great movie. Even though you sort of know the history, seeing the characters brought to life in this way was enlightening. Politics hasn’t changed much in 150 years except now everyone has a chance to play the game versus just white men and it probably costs more to get the votes.
We walked back to the marina again – this time along the beach. Did I mention it was warm and sunny again? The beach was actually very quiet for a Friday and watching out for the waves working their way to high tide is a lot more peaceful than watching out for cars, bikes and other pedestrians on the sidewalk.
We finally put the dinghy back in the water – the rubber paint on the back has had a couple of days to cure. Hopefully that will last for a while and solve most of the water problems.
We have no plans tomorrow but there is a grand opening at a marina south of us where for $5 you can get all the wings and hamburgers you can eat with the proceeds going to a local environmental charity. Or, for $3.50, a local mobile home park is having an all you can eat pancake breakfast. Decisions, decisions. Thankfully, we don’t have the future of the nation on our shoulders.
