Leaving Friends Recharged

We enjoyed a wonderful sunset with Marsha, Bruce and Diann—greatly enjoyed seeing friends – a much needed dose of good cheer. This morning we got up and rolled and sailed the open water to the 10,000 Islands. These are the islands off the Everglades (I was assured no gators could possibly be seen there). We are anchored with a short dingy ride into Everglades City and the Rod and Gun Club. In 1864 this historic Restaurant and Lodge was built as a sportmans retreat and many famous people (Hemmingway, various movie stars and Presidents) have visited. The inside was gorgeous—lots of polished woodwork and stuffed and mounted wildlife. Loads of bars in the place leading Fitz to call it the Gun and Rum Club so we sat down to have a cocktail before returning to the boat for a little Lady Vols Basketball and a nap. March Madness when you are out of range for most radio and all TV has its challenges but I brought up I Heart Radio and settled my phone in to a nifty audio amplifier that Nick got me for Christmas and with some stretched of buffering managed to catch the Lady Vols win and was sad to hear about the Vandy girls season ending lose. As we head due south for the last few miles we bring out the bathing suits at last and lather on the sunscreen. Tomorrow we have an anchorage in Little Shark River and then on Monday we will pull into Marathon before stormy weather on Tuesday. Have some good pictures but we are so far out in the boonies for WIFi reception they will not upload--check back in the next few days and maybe we will have enough bandwidth to up load them.

Good Friends

Marsha had a great sunset from her balcony

Land of 10,000 Islands--Everglades

Everglade City Rod and Gun Club

Heading due south