Fort Meyers Beach, shorts, and laundry

Sunrise on Wednesday morning foretold the cold front that was racing towards us. The skies blazing fire with reddish orange, dark clouds banking on the horizon and the wind created a stronger chop to the waves. We had timed our crossing almost perfectly. We had a spot at Moss Marina, we stayed there in March of 2012, however we did not check the current charts and arrived at full high tide. Finally tied to the fuel dock the marina agreed to let us wait until slack tide to move to the t-dock, our berth for two weeks. There was already a 50' catamaran occupying one half the T and we really did not want to meet our new neighbors by butting into them. 

I loaded the laundry up and decided to spend the wait getting the cloths cleaned up, mostly our winter gear which we hope not to need now. I was just switching loads when I looked out to see Cool Hand moving off the dock and out into the bay...... It was an odd feeling to see my home floating away. Good news dock hands from the marina were helping Tom re-position Cool Hand so I did not have to deal with the drama of getting into our new temporary home.  We decided to walk into Fort Meyers Beach and get supper at the Greek restaurant and enjoy the seasonable climate. It was nice to see green plants and flowers again. 

The storm finally arrived with all the wind and rain that was promised. Tom had to redo our dock lines and fenders, but on Friday everything will be normal again high 71 degrees and Sun.

Sun rise 12 miles out of Fort Meyers

you can see the waves picking up as
we enter Matanza Pass

Tom in short sleeves 

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They did not have the killing frosts here
that we had experienced further north

White bird of paradise in bloom

one problem is the Boat tailed Crackles. They drop
seeds and other nasty stuff on deck. With the storm
coming there were hundreds trying to find
safe places to perch. 

watching Cool Hand leave me on land
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