Finally - We're Underway!

Home along the Naples Canal

We woke up this morning to clear skies and little wind - finally the weather Gods smiled upon us. We have anchored for the night off Little Marco Island. As anchorages go, it is a little narrow, but after dark, all boat traffic ended.

We left Ft. Myers this morning saying goodbye to Salty Sam's Marina where they took good care of us, heading South in the Gulf till we reached Naples. At that point we followed the inland passage to our anchorage.

When we came through the Naples Jetty, we were met by two porpoises - mother and calf, that followed us for about an hour. Here are a couple of the photos I got:

We were met by a third older porpoise who was a real showoff. This one stayed with us till we anchored and then some. I think he was in love with the boats hull. I could hear his squeal before he jumped out of the water.

Some real fancy fin work here!

We put the dinghy in for the first time, hoping to get some nature photos and a chance to make sure the engine worked - well guess what - it didn't. So we'll be stopping at Marco Island tomorrow to see if we can get it fixed. Bob spent a couple of hours on it till it got too dark to continue. At least it wasn't the generator again!