Venice then Naples FL

(Wednesday Dec 5 - Dist: 58.2 mi; TTT: 7:05 hrs)

Because of the delay in crossing the Gulf we decided to pick up the pace so that we would not miss our reservation in Marathon too badly.  When planning the trip we figured on spending a whole month on the Gulf coast of Florida but since we did not arrive until the 22 nd, we were far off schedule.

Our welcoming committee in Venice.

The MarineMax Marina was nothing much but the fuel was reasonable, relatively speaking, and the dockage rate was good so we stayed for the night and left early in the morning for Naples.

Pelicans roosting in the mangroves.

(Wednesday Dec 6 - Dist: 88.6 mi; TTT: 8 hrs)

You know when you are in Naples when:

Yes there is lots of money everywhere in this town.  We met with our friends Roger and Judy from Windsor and had a great time seeing the sights and catching up on the happenings in Windsor.  They have a very nice condo ans seem to really enjoy the snowbird life style.

Two nights was too short a visit but there was a good travelling window for the south east gulf and Florida Bay so we headed out early Saturday morning.