Ft Myers Yacht Basin

Well it is Friday the 7th of Dec. a "Day that will live in infamy".  It was another beautiful morning so Don and I went for a walk to the beach and stopped at a shop on the way back and picked up a lovely dolphin souvenir's for the house.  After breakfast we headed a short distance to Ft Myers.  Don had made reservations at the City of Ft Myers Yacht Basin for the boat while we headed back to Canada for Christmas.  We pulled into our slip and got settled in.  They gave Don a list of reputable trades people to do some work on the boat while we were away.  After a few calls we were very lucky that two of the people were actually across in Coral Gables and would drop in later in the afternoon to talk to us.  Fate or the cards must be with us because everything that we wanted to get done on the boat was going to get done and at a good fair price.  We can not say enough about the Marina staff and the facilities, all great and accommodating.  We called Bruce Alexander and Ann Thistle from the boat Happy Hour that we met back in Peterborough at Little Lake this summer.  They have a place here and have wanted us to look them up if we were in the area.  Well we are in the area and they came by for a drink and to catch up on old times.  They are a fun couple to be with and we were glad to see them.  They told us they it was "First Friday" and the downtown area is blocked off at nite, and that they have live music playing everywhere and all kinds of things going on and it would be fun.  It was all in walking distance from the boat so off we went but I have to say it was not fun it was a blast.  A beer here a rum and coke there, and music everywhere as well as people everywhere.  This is something they hold the first Friday of every months similar to other cities.  We had a great dinner at the Morton  House. After dinner we came back to the boat and had a nite cap, what's new.  We invited Bruce and Ann to stay over nite so we all could have fun and enjoy the evening.  Can't wait till next month!!!!  Sorry... More pics to come still having problems uploading....