We made a run for Fort Myers from Boca Grande, where incidentally we heard the Republicans were meeting, in an effort to cross Lake Okeechobee before bad weather set in again. The forecast called for a few days of good weather and we didn't want to waste any time. We spent the night at Ft Myers Yacht Basin, did laundry, and stocked up on groceries and left the next morning. The day was glorious and warm (rare this winter) and when we went through Franklin Lock we saw Sam docked at an Army Corps of Enginneers campground nearby so we stopped and hung out with him and a couple who were once boaters, now RVers.
Another stop at LaB
elle and then Clewiston for the night (tied up to a dolphin--wooden piles at the side of the channel) before our one-day window for a smooth crossing of the Lake. Despite the alligators, Gilles got in the dinghy and dropped an anchor to minimize swinging. The air was filled with the sounds of birds. The lake was smooth as silk, Port Mayaca Lock was open, and soon we were back in Indiantown. A few days were spent on anchor in a loop of the St Lucie River as another storm with 5 inches of rain passed and today we are back in Stuart waiting for another weather window to head north.
elle and then Clewiston for the night (tied up to a dolphin--wooden piles at the side of the channel) before our one-day window for a smooth crossing of the Lake. Despite the alligators, Gilles got in the dinghy and dropped an anchor to minimize swinging. The air was filled with the sounds of birds. The lake was smooth as silk, Port Mayaca Lock was open, and soon we were back in Indiantown. A few days were spent on anchor in a loop of the St Lucie River as another storm with 5 inches of rain passed and today we are back in Stuart waiting for another weather window to head north.
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