Friday - March 1

Wow....March has arrived - 2013 is off and running!!!     We left at 6:40 this morning from downtown Fort Myers and the majority of the day was cool and cloudy - just a small bit of sunshine.    We cruised 70 miles in 8.5 hours and went thru 3 locks on the Caloosahatchee River.
 
We arrived in Clewiston at 3:00 and Little Man was here waiting to greet us and help dock Catrina   This "Little Man" as everyone calls him has been a fixture at the Roland and Maryann Martin Marina for years and boaters are all familiar with him.   He's funny and small (little man) but is there ready and willing to help with whatever!!!    We remember this place so well from one year ago - March 9th when we were passing thru.    Maryann is the buyer for the ship's store and this marina in Clewiston has to be thee best ever for wonderful women's clothing, shoes, etc.    I sure had fun shopping AGAIN.....and helping this FL economy!
 
We went to the Tiki Bar and Grill here at the marina - always good food and tonight we had excellent fish chowder,  shrimp and swai fish tacos (new fish for us but delicious).    Good to be hunkered down this chilly night on Catrina.    Supposed to be in the 40's overnight and 60's' the next few days!
 
While we were on the water today "Gotta Smile" passed us.     Mark first met Brian and Jackie in Green Turtle Bay on Kentucky Lake in 2010.   And then we saw them this past summer in Portsmouth, VA.    Mark and Brian had a nice chat over the VHF radio.    They are from Minnesota.

I'm starting to see the whites of my eyes again....slowly the redness is going away.    Meant to mention that our FL eye doctor had asked if we took aspirin....."Yes, always took 1 baby aspirin a day, but in October, switched to one every other day as our Dr. felt that was sufficient."    Well....supposedly the latest findings are showing that aspirin could be causing broken blood vessels in the eye????    Hmmm....    She had us discontinue the aspirin till this all clears up.....so, do we go back on it for our hearts or avoid cause this could be the culprit of the red eyes????    What to do what to do???    Mark has appointment with his eye doctor at home for the end of March to check his floater.
 
Tomorrow we cross Lake Okeechobee to Stuart and so looking forward to spending some time with Philip and Annette while Catrina has some maintenance done.
 
In honor of Dr. Seuss'  109th birthday.tomorrow
Liam, Connor and classmates wore silly hats related to his wonderful stories!
 







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