Spring Trip Day 4 - Ft Myers to Ft Myers Beach

As comfortable as this boat is - and it has a better bed than I have at home, I somehow seem to wake up with the damn roosters.  This morning I checked the lake levels on Lake Okeechobee and wind patterns and realized that a Bahama destination was simply not in the cards.  Water levels are at historic lows which meant we could easily destroy a prop (I have experience there), and wind levels were going to be ugly for a Gulf Stream crossing, so we decided on the Florida Bay/Keys option.

Unlike Illinois, when it rains in Florida, it is usually over in about an hour.  We got poured on at 10am and by 11am we were on the water heading southish.

It is HOT here, but I love the heat.  Only 89 today and sunny from 11am until sunset.  We traveled back down the river and crossed into the bay towards Ft Myers beach.

This is Becky's favorite marina as they have the Main Lobster Game.  Becky caught 4 lobsters with the claw in just a few minutes.  She invested about forty bucks so it was ten dollars per lobster, cooked, and delicious.

We retreated to the boat early to get some sleep.  Tomorrow we will be on the Gulf of Mexico heading south to the Ten Thousand Island Wildlife Refuge.  I just might get me a gator....

Total miles so far ~165