We're Finally On The Move Again!

Date             March 26, 2012                            
Day              272

Departure     Legacy Harbour Marina,  Ft. Myers, FL  8:35 am                              

Arrival          River Forest Yachting Center, Labelle, FL  3:35 pm
Miles                42.1 
Cumulative   4085.7

After 102 days at the docks of Legacy Harbour, we are finally on the move again.  We had a wonderful time and made many new friends.  It was hard to say good-bye and leave, but we will be back in the fall as Cape Coral residents!  We know that all we have to do is visit the marina any day around 5 pm and we will see everyone again enjoying their afternoon docktail!  See you all in the fall.

Good bye Legacy Harbour

Because we stayed put for such a long time, we (or should I say "I") were very unorganized as we started up the river.  First, I couldn't find all the charts and then had to stop and think how to use the charting software on the computer again!  Not too worry, the memory kicked in and the computer was a snap, however, one of the paper charts was among the missing until after we arrived at our destination.  Tomorrow should be a better day!

OMG, a lock!  We haven't done one of these in months, will we remember how?

No problem, just like riding a bike!  He remembered!

We entered the first lock with five other boats and four manatees!  They rode the lock up with us.  That's them, the brown spots, left center of the picture.

All the miles we have traveled and we hadn't seen any alligators, until today!  This guy was caught sunning himself on a clump of grasses in the Caloosahatchie River.

Here we are, securely tied at today's destination, River Forest Yachting Center.  What a find, the marina is fairly new and very clean.  Three people came out to assist with our lines, got us all secure and connected to power and water.  There was only us and this one other boat at the dock, so it was a very quiet and peaceful night.

We brought Tucker and Willow to shore for their walk.  Turn around guys, don't you see the sign!!  Looks like they don't want to go where all the other dogs have gone!