Good bye west coast of Florida. Hello Lake Okeechobee. We have opted to not visit the Keys on this trip but rather, make it a winter destination in the next couple of years. With that decision made we cut across the state of Florida through Lake Okeechobee. We made our way via the rim route over a leisurely 4 days. We saw alligators but our reaction time was lousy so there are no pics. Suffice to say that if Roofus fell over board she would have been a nice snack. They were pretty big. What really surprised me were the jet skiers. They are much braver than me or maybe I am just smarter than them??!!
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| Sunrise the morning we left Fort Myers. |
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| A flock white pelicans as we cruised the Caloosahatchee River on our way to Lake Okeechobee. |
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| Moorehaven on Lake Okeechobee. I spend most of this stop in the library catching up the blog. Ken took pics and was fascinated with this leaning tree. Had to include it! |
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| Moorehaven - These are fish feeding, catfish, I think. Ugly little things but fascinating. |
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| Sunset in Moorehaven. Bridge in background is Hwy 27 which goes through Clermont where Mom and Dad live. |
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| Another sunset pic in Moorehaven. Such a sleepy and peaceful little town.. |
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| Our first airboat sighting. |
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| We discovered that there are sugar cane fields south of the lake. When burning the fields to harvest the cane both the smell and the ashes are obnoxious. Brings back memories of when I was a kid in Hawaii but still obnoxious. |
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| Clewiston - Another sleepy town. Spent the day iguana watching. They sunned on the seawall, there is one on the right and one on the left. I will say they were having no luck with girl iguanas. :( |
Only excitement in Clewiston other than the iguanas was when a mega yacht came in for the night and docked in front of us and we weren't sure they were going to fit. Not only did they fit, it was a thing of beauty to watch the perfection them gliding into the dock. In last pic, Ken helped to tie her off.
We hit the east coast of Florida with a 3 day stop in Vero Beach. We visited with Captain Chris Caldwell and went to a great Mexican restaurant, Taco Dive. One of his favorites haunts. Alyse was out of town and was sorry to have missed her but I am sure we will meet again in our boating travels.
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| Vero Beach - White sands, blue skies and the Atlantic Ocean. I feel close to home. |
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| Vero Beach - This was a new one for us. Crabs holes? |
March 1st we celebrated 10 months into our loop adventure and stayed in Cocoa Beach. To our surprise and delight we also got to see a Atlas V rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. It was the GOES-S mission to place a weather satellite in orbit for NOAA. Just too cool!!!
Going, Going, Gone.............
The next day we spend a night in Daytona Beach. As we left the next morning we were followed by a flock of seagulls seeking their morning breakfast. I believe they ate well based on the number of times they swooped down into the water.
PS from Roofus:
Awww....a perfect afternoon. I have my blanky, my Mom human's blanky, my favorite chew toy (a blue doggie) and a pillow shading me. I got to enjoy a lot of these the last few days and looking forward to many more.
Life is good!
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