Sunny Days: Downtown Fort Myers

Stormy blustery weather is moving in so we moved to the Ft. Myers Yacht Basin—we will plug in, visit a grocery, do laundry, and do a little site seeing. Fort Myers is about 15 miles up the Caloosahatchee River and the water has turned to a gray color—not so pretty. The docent at the Edison/Ford said the Caloosa were a vicious Indian tribe that died out from disease in the 1700’s. The Edison Ford Complex was awesome. How smart was Henry Ford that he had a mentor like Thomas Edison? We went early and stayed late and wore ourselves out but it was a beautiful day. We came back to the boat and broke out the blender for the first time. I never thought that the day would come when I wanted a frozen drink. It actually got hot yesterday. I only tell you Nashvillians this because I hear the weather is getting better up there. Kept a little in touch with March-Madness and was pretty proud of the way the Vols ended the season but am not sure they like their NCAA placement. The Lady Vols will see tonight where they end up in the NCAA—some are saying a No. 1 seed at least they are no longer the last No. 2 seed. Vanderbilt sorta fell apart there at the end but I think the men only had about 7 or 8 people dressed out. Meeting more and more Loopers in these docks and they are giving really good advice. Boca Chita and Little Shark River are definite stops as we round Florida (thanks to Tom Lanum for great tips!) Notes: good radio here BUT they have the most annoying ads—may have to go to our music but did hear Ebony and Ivory and Dan Fogelberg –Leader of the Band—every station has their own definition of Oldies.The 103 ft. Mathis Trumpy came into our marina and it is fabulously restored.