Ahhhh Naples…manicured yards, manicured medians, manicured everything…big beautiful houses, exotic sports cars, millions of dollars yachts…beautiful beach, lots of nice restaurants, balmy weather…crazy drivers on the road, lots of boat traffic in the main channel, and you could go broke eating out or trying to buy most anything here!...
Anchorages and Stuff
Places we anchor, stay or hang out
Fort Myers Bizzeach
After a nice couple of days anchored at St James City and 19 days into our new life aboard Holiday, we pulled up anchor and motored down the ICW toward Fort Myers Beach. We traversed the infamous “Miserable Mile” where currents are supposed to make it difficult to stay...
St James City
After a surplus of being off the grid at Pelican Bay, we were ready to see a few more people, restaurants, stores, etc. Not to mention our vast fresh food offerings that we started with had dwindled to one potato, one tomato, an onion, and a lime. We decided...
Pelican Bay Excurting
After two weeks anchored here in Pelican Bay, we’ve pretty much explored our little area fully and loved every minute of it. The weather has been outstanding. It hasn’t rained one time, and beautiful fall temps moved in to stay by about the second day we were here. Bugs...
Life at Anchor: Pelican Bay
If I had to sum up life here in Pelican Bay in one word it would be secludedbeauty :). With the only boat dock closer than a 30 minute dinghy ride away being the boat dock at the state park of Cayo Costa (just a couple hundred yards away),...
Day Zero!!! We’re finally cruisers!!!
A dream gives you hope and excitement, and a dream also tortures you. After years and years of dreaming, we woke up at around 6 AM on Saturday October 15th, 2016, stowed the fenders and dock lines, and motored away from the condo at Cortez at 7 AM just...