Goodland, Fl To The Little Shark River

Saturday we stayed at Goodland due to the wind on the gulf. We took the dingy ashore and went for a walk and visited with people aboard their 39 Ft trawler.
0810 Sunday departed Goodland anchorage and had 1 to 2 ft. waves on the gulf. We stayed in the Everglades National Park waters so we could avoid the crab pots. 1558 arrived at the Little Shark River and are anchored out for the night. We are between Everglades City and Flamingo, FL.
Weather today was sunny and 85 Degs. We made 55 miles today.
Joe Glinski

Naples, FL to Goodland, FL

Thursday,3 April had a visit with the owners of NELLIE D.,a 37 Ft Lord Nelson Victory Tug that was built a few months after OUR VILLA. It was very interesting to note the differences in our boats. In the afternoon we had a boat ride with friends from Plover and a cookout dinner.
Friday, 4 April, departed Pelican Isle Yacht Club at 0930 after a one hour walk and doing a load of laundry. The gulf had 3 to 4 foot waves and we took a lot of water on the deck and it shorted out the controls for the windless and the anchor went down all by itself when we were on the old ICW north of Marco Island. We are anchored near Goodland, FL at 1530 for the night. We only made 38 miles due to a lot of slow no wake areas. 82 degs at 1600 and sunny all day.
Joe & Arvilla

Ft Myers Beach To Naples

Purchased diesel and departed Ft. Myers Beach at 0903.
The gulf was calm all the way to Naples.
Arrived Pelican Isle Yacht Club at 1150.
Had supper and visited with friends from Plover.
86 degs and mostly sunny with a few showers in the afternoon.
Joe & Arvilla

Punta Gorda, FL To Ft. Myers Beach, FL

Departed Fisherman's Village Yacht Basin at 0810.
Arrived ft. Myers Beach mooring field at 1610.
81 degs and mostly sunny with a few afternoon showers.
It was hard to leave all the wonderful friends that we met on "B" dock at Fisherman's Village. Thanks to all of them for the 5 o'clock daily meetings and rides they gave us as we have no car.

Fisherman's Village Yacht Basin

Fisherman's Village Yacht Basin,Punta Gorda, FL

We are still in Punta Gorda,FL. Karen and Hugh, Scott, and Steve have been aboard for a few days. We also had company from Madison and Plover for a few days. We have done road trips to Lake Placid, Cape Coral, Cape Haze, Long Boat Key, Englewood, Venice and Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island.
Gary Kramer, correspondent for Heart Land Boating and Quimby's Cruising guide was aboard for a visit. He wrote a article for a Quad Cities newspaper about our boating adventures a few years ago.
We will be leaving for the Keys at the end of the month.
Joe & Arvilla

Alligator Sighting

We finally saw our first alligator. It was in the marina.
Tuesday two couples from Wisconsin came to visit and we all went out for dinner.
Joe and Arvilla